Professor Donald Frederick Leach CBE (24 June 1931 – 25 February 2009), was a Scottish physicist and Liberal Party politician who later joined the Labour Party. He also served as the Principal and Vice Patron of Edinburgh’s Queen Margaret College (now Queen Margaret University) for 11 years from 1985 - 1996.
Background Leach was born the son of Frederick John Mansell Leach and Annie Ivy Foster. He was educated at John Ruskin Grammar School, Croydon Polytechnic, Norwood Technical College and Dundee College of Technology.The Times House of Commons 1970 In 1952 he married June Valentine Reid. They had two sons and one daughter. He was appointed a CBE in 1996.‘LEACH, Prof. Donald Frederick’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 3 Aug 2017
Professional career Leach was Visiting lecturer in mathematics at Dundee Technical College.The Times House of Commons 1959 He was Head of Department of Mathematics, Napier College of Science and Technology,The Times House of Commons 1970 and Principal and Vice Patron of Queen Margaret College.
Political career Leach was an Executive member of the Scottish Liberal Party. He was Liberal candidate for the Edinburgh West division at the 1959 General Election.The Times House of Commons 1959 He was Liberal candidate for the East Fife division at the 1961 by-election. In 1964 he left the Liberals and joined the Labour Party.The Scotsman 2 March 2009 He was Labour candidate for the Kinross and West Perthshire division at the 1970 General Election.The Times House of Commons 1970 He did not stand for parliament again.British Parliamentary Election Results 1973-1983, FWS Craig
Electoral record
References