Sir Leslie Orme Wilson, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, DSO, PC (1 August 1876 – 29 September 1955) was a British Royal Marines officer, Conservative politician, and colonial governor.

They had three children, two sons and a daughter: On his retirement as Governor of Queensland, Wilson and his wife Winifred returned to live in Surrey, England.

[14][15] Wilson was commissioned into the Royal Marine Light Infantry and served in the Second Boer War, where he was wounded, mentioned in despatches and awarded the Queen's South Africa Medal with five clasps and the Distinguished Service Order.

At the 1922 general election, Wilson abandoned his Reading constituency to contest the Westminster St. George's division, but was defeated by an Independent Conservative.

He was again Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury from 1922 to 1923 under Bonar Law and later Stanley Baldwin, and was admitted to the Privy Council on 20 June 1922.

[19] In July 1923, Wilson resigned from this position and his seat in the House of Commons on his appointment as Governor of Bombay.

[citation needed] In 1932, Wilson was made Governor of Queensland,[21] a post he held until 1946, one of the longest gubernatorial tenures in British history.

[22] In the early years of his appointment, Wilson toured the state widely and was concerned by the poor health of the children in rural areas due to prolonged drought, the Great Depression, and the distance of medical services.

He convened working parties to find a solution, resulting in the 1935 establishment of the Queensland Bush Children’s Health Scheme (now BUSHKids).

The scheme coordinated a number of organisations such as the Red Cross and the Royal Flying Doctor Service to provide the holiday and healthcare arrangements.

The Master read a letter from the United Grand Lodge of Queensland, dated Wednesday, 14 June, covering a special dispensation to ballot at the same meeting.