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Biography: Cleveland, Francis Leslie

Political science

A roomful of university students sitting in tiered seats in a lecture theatre.

Les Cleveland taught political science at Victoria University of Wellington from 1966 until 1987. He photographed this class, gathered to hear his lecture on New Zealand government, in May 1969.

Using this item

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: Les Cleveland Collection. 35mm-103466

by Les Cleveland

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

How to cite this page

Lawrence McDonald. 'Cleveland, Francis Leslie', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2023. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/47871/political-science (accessed 4 June 2026).