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# Leanne Castley

Member for [Yerrabi](https://election.computer/seats/act/yerrabi) 

## About Leanne Castley

Leanne Castley is an independent member for Yerrabi in the ACT Legislative Assembly. She was previously Leader of the Canberra Liberals and Leader of the Opposition from 2024 to 2025\. She left the Liberal Party on 3 June 2026 and sits as an independent.

Born

1974, Gunnedah, rural New South Wales

First elected

2020 ACT election, Yerrabi (one of five seats)

Unsuccessful candidate

2019 federal election, Division of Fenner, Liberal Party

Education

Diploma in Project Management

Before parliament

Worked at IT help desk; AFP and Department of Defence manager

Liberal leadership

Elected leader 31 October 2024; resigned 10 November 2025

Summarised by AI from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leanne%5FCastley), plus our own records. Sources last checked 11 November 2026.

We follow Leanne Castley's Facebook page but haven't seen a paid ad from it yet.

[See this page in Meta's Ad Library](https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/?active%5Fstatus=all&ad%5Ftype=political%5Fand%5Fissue%5Fads&country=AU&view%5Fall%5Fpage%5Fid=109417257213212) 

## Other Independent members of the ACT Legislative Assembly

- [ **Fiona Carrick** Independent, Murrumbidgee ](https://election.computer/mp/fiona-carrick)
- [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ThomasEmerson2021.png?width=96)**Thomas Emerson** Independent, Kurrajong ](https://election.computer/mp/thomas-emerson)

Party and seat checked against Wikipedia's list of members of the ACT Legislative Assembly on 11 November 2026\.

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