Occupation Solicitor Spouse Joanna Davidson | Nationality Australian Profession LawyerPolitician Parents John Leeser | |
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Education UNSW Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales | ||
Julian Martin Leeser (born 25 May 1976) is a Liberal Party of Australia member who won the Seat of Berowra at the 2016 Australian election, having been endorsed as a candidate in April 2016 to replace former Attorney-General Philip Ruddock.
Between 1995 and 1999, Leeser sat on Woollahra Council. He was the youngest local councillor ever elected in Australia. In 1999 he served as a member of Prime Minister John Howard's No campaign during the republic referendum. In 2000, he was an associate to Justice Ian Callinan of the High Court of Australia.
Leeser worked as an adviser for Minister for Workplace Relations Tony Abbott in 2001 and for Philip Ruddock between 2004 and 2006. He worked as a solicitor for Mallesons Stephen Jaques between 2002 and 2004. In 2006 he joined the Menzies Research Centre as Executive Director, before becoming Director of Government Policy & Strategy at the Australian Catholic University in July 2012.
