In April 1928, Craig was elected to the Dardanup Road Board. He would serve as a councillor until November 1951, when he moved to Perth, including as chairman from 1947. Craig was elected to parliament in January 1934, winning a Legislative Council by-election caused by the death of John Ewing. After finishing Ewing's term, which expired in 1936, he was re-elected another three times, serving one eight-year term and two six-year terms before his eventual retirement in 1956.[1] Craig worked as a company director after leaving parliament, and in the 1966 New Year Honours was made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG).[3] He died in Perth later that year. Craig's wife, Frances Eileen (née Boyd), was a president of the Associated Country Women of the World, and his daughter-in-law, June Craig, was a member of parliament.[1]
References
^ abcLeslie Craig – Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
^Black, David; Prescott, Valerie (1997). Election statistics : Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996. Perth, [W.A.]: Western Australian Parliamentary History Project and Western Australian Electoral Commission. ISBN0730984095.