[4] Leiper first ran for office as a 24 year old in the 1994 municipal elections for a seat on Cumberland Township Council.
[6] He has lived in Kitchissippi Ward since 1995 when he and his spouse Natalie moved into the Julian Apartments in the Wellington West area.
His community work includes a significant background in planning, traffic, economic development, and other neighbourhood and citywide issues.
He subsequently worked as an industry analyst for an international consulting firm, then as an executive in a federal regulatory agency.
Prior to his election, he worked as an executive at an NGO with a mandate to promote the full participation by all Canadians including women, youth, and internationally educated professionals in the technology workforce.