Luke Leake

Sir Luke Samuel Leake, M.L.C., was a Speaker of the Western Australian Legislative Council.

Biography

Early life

Luke Leake was born in 1828. He was the youngest son of Luke Leake, of Stoke Newington, Middlesex.

Career

He moved to Western Australia in 1833, where he became a member of the Legislative Council, and was the first Speaker of that body, holding the position from 26 June 1872 until his death.
He was knighted by patent in 1876 and died in 1886.

Personal life

In 1855, he married Louisa, daughter of the late Rev. Thomas Henry Walpole, vicar of Winslow, Buckinghamshire, who married secondly, in 1887, Alfred Waylen, colonial surgeon, Western Australia.

Death

He died on 1 May 1886.