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Sleeman was born in the small country town of [[Inglewood, Victoria]]. He and his parents moved to Western Australia in 1895, and he attended school in [[Day Dawn, Western Australia|Day Dawn]], a mining town in the state's [[Mid West (Western Australia)|Mid West]]. After working for a period as a storeman in [[Leonora, Western Australia|Leonora]], Sleeman moved to [[Fremantle]] (the port city of [[Perth]]), where he began working as an organiser for the [[Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association|Shop Assistants Union]].<ref name="bio">[http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/library/MPHistoricalData.nsf/(Lookup)/6A3FB025D98A42A3482577E50028A7C6?OpenDocument Joseph Bertram Sleeman] – Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 13 May 2016.</ref> At the [[1924 Western Australian state election|1924 state election]], he stood for the seat of Fremantle, and defeated the sitting [[Nationalist Party of Australia|Nationalist]] member, [[Frank Gibson (politician)|Frank Gibson]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Black|first1=David|authorlink=David Black (historian)|last2=Prescott|first2=Valerie|title=Election statistics : Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996|year=1997|publisher=Western Australian Parliamentary History Project and Western Australian Electoral Commission|location=Perth, [W.A.]|isbn=0730984095}}</ref> Following the [[1939 Western Australian state election|1939 election]], Sleeman was elected Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, going on to serve until the Labor government's defeat at the [[1947 Western Australian state election|1947 election]]. Only two other speakers have served for longer periods – Sir [[James George Lee Steere|James Lee-Steere]] and [[John Hearman]].<ref>[http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/intranet/libpages.nsf/WebFiles/FACTSHEETS+SN+02+Speakers+of+the+Legislative+Assembly.pdf/$FILE/SN+2+Speakers+of+the+Legislative+Assembly+2008.pdf Speakers of the Legislative Assembly] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051628/http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/intranet/libpages.nsf/WebFiles/FACTSHEETS+SN+02+Speakers+of+the+Legislative+Assembly.pdf/$FILE/SN+2+Speakers+of+the+Legislative+Assembly+2008.pdf |date=4 March 2016 }} – Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 13 May 2016.</ref> Sleeman continued in parliament until his retirement at the [[1959 Western Australian state election|1959 election]], having spent nearly 35 years as the member for Fremantle. He died in July 1970, aged 85.<ref name="bio"/>
In 1992 ''Joe Sleeman Court'', a housing complex on [[South Terrace, Fremantle|South Terrace]], was named in Sleeman's honour and dedicated by the then MLA for Fremantle, [[Jim McGinty]].<ref>{{citation |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joe_Sleeman_Court_plaque.jpg |title=Joe Sleeman Court plaque |date=1992-11-07 }}</ref> A small road in the [[O'Connor, Western Australia|O'Connor]] industrial area, Sleeman Close, is also named after him.<ref>{{CiteQ|Q121022909}}</ref>
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