Leslie Diver

Sir Leslie Charles Diver (4 November 1899 – 4 August 1995) was an Australian politician who served as a Country Party member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1952 to 1974.

[1] A long-time member of the Country Party, Diver first stood for parliament at the 1950 Legislative Council election, but was defeated by Norm Baxter in his candidacy for Central Province.

Following the retirement of Sir Charles Latham in 1960, Diver was elected President of the Legislative Council.

He served in the position for almost 14 years (a term length surpassed by only Clive Griffiths and Sir John Kirwan), finally retiring from politics in 1974.

[1] At the time of his death, he was the oldest-lived MP in Western Australia's history, although several others have since died at greater ages.