Leslie Williams, MP

About

Lake Cathie resident Leslie Williams was elected to the position of the Member for Port Macquarie in March 2011. Leslie, along with her husband Don and two children have been residents of the Hastings since 1996, where they were small business owners and licensees of the Lake Cathie Post Office. Previously Leslie was a nurse and a teacher as well as spending some time as the former CEO of the Sudden Infant Death Association in the Northern Territory. Despite a busy schedule representing our community in State Parliament, Leslie continues to be actively involved in many community organisations as a current member of Rotary, the Hastings Business Women's Network, Port Macquarie Suicide Prevention Network, the Camden Haven Chamber of Commerce, the Hastings Cancer Trust, North Coast Amateur Swimming Club, the Laurieton Swimming Club, Special Olympics Mid North Coast, Lake Cathie Football Club and was a founding member of the Hastings Men's Shed. In May 2014, Leslie was promoted to the role of Parliamentary Secretary for Renewable Energy, following the appointment of Premier Mike Baird’s new Cabinet. Following the March 2015 State election, Leslie was promoted to Cabinet as the Minister for Early Childhood Education, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Assistant Minister for Education. In January 2017, Leslie was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary for Regional and Rural Health. Leslie also convenes the Parliamentary Friends of Dementia Group, is a Committee Member of the Mid North Coast Chapter of Bravehearts and has been a Mid North Coast Ambassador for the Cancer Council’s Australia's Biggest Morning Tea.