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Leslie Bernardus Labuschagne (born 16 November 1941) is a retired South African politician. He represented the Democratic Alliance (DA) in the National Assembly from 2004 to 2009 and in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature from 2009 to 2014.
Les Labuschagne | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature | |
| In office 6 May 2009 – 6 May 2014 | |
| Member of the National Assembly | |
| In office 23 April 2004 – May 2009 | |
| Constituency | Gauteng |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Leslie Bernardus Labuschagne 16 November 1941 |
| Citizenship | South Africa |
| Political party | Democratic Alliance |
Born on 16 November 1941,[1] Labuschagne is a lawyer by training.[2] He served in the South African foreign service during apartheid.[2]
In the 2004 general election, Labuschagne was elected to a DA seat in the National Assembly, ranked sixth on the party's regional party list for Gauteng.[1] He served as the DA's deputy spokesman on home affairs.[3] He left the National Assembly after the 2009 general election, when he was elected to the Gauteng Provincial Legislature;[4] he served a single term in his provincial seat too, leaving at the 2014 general election.[5]
In January 2006, Labuschagne was mugged at gunpoint outside a mall in Mamelodi while sitting in the car with local DA politician Doulien van der Merwe. Van der Merwe was shot.[6]
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