Labor would contribute $1 million for women's sports facilities at the Holt District Playing Fields if elected, which would see separate change rooms built for the men's and women's Belconnen Magpies footy teams.
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Leigh said West Belconnen was a fast-growing community and deserved better sports facilities.
"I'm particularly excited that this investment will prioritise changing room upgrades that will encourage more women and girls to getting involved in local sporting teams," he said.
"One of the things I love about Canberra is our commitment to sport. We lead the nation on sporting participation and our local sporting teams are a vital part of our community," Mr Leigh said.
"Good playing fields and quality facilities are vital to sports like AFL, cricket and rugby league."
The money would also see improvements to viewing areas and work on two grounds currently out of use.
Leigh said Labor was committed to supporting local sporting facilities that give Australians a chance to get fit or wear green and gold.
Magpies senior women's team co-vice captain Jacqueline Spence said it was "chaos" trying to negotiate a single change room when a men's and women's team played back to back at the ground.
"Typically we'll go in after the men come out, then they'll come back in at half time while we're trying to get changed and then there's sweaty men and a bunch of women getting changed," Spence said.
Spence said improved facilities would allow the club to boost numbers for women's football, which had "taken off" in the past few years.
"This will hopefully enable us to grow and take it to the next level," she said.
Belconnen Magpies general manager Jack Harper said the growth in women's football at the club had led to the club putting on another women's team.
"I think the improvement of the facilities to account for the growth of women's footy will improve obviously the participation in women's footy further but improve the culture in women's footy in our club and for visiting clubs," he said.
Head coach Troy McKay said the growth in women's football meant improvements to the facility would be really good for the club.
Canberra has the highest female sport participation rate in Australia, with 72.1 per cent of ACT women playing sports, compared to a national rate of 59.4 per cent.
Leigh's seat of Fraser has been redistributed and renamed Fenner, and the local member is vying for re-election in Canberra's north on May 18.
Labor expects the investment would create 20 jobs during construction.
Meanwhile, the ACT government's frustrating wait on the future of the AIS is a step closer to an end with the announcement of the federal election.
The ACT government is waiting for a decision on the future of several AIS assets that would have an impact on a future stadium in the city.
ACT sports minister Yvette Berry said it would take until after the federal election for there to be any clarity on what will happen with Canberra Stadium, the AIS pool and AIS Arena – which in turn decides whether a new rectangular stadium will be built in the city.
Berry said there had been no movement and the election announcement would mean more waiting.
"I know Sports Australia have been doing some planning around their future and what they see as their priorities so we're keen to work very closely with them.
"All of us are committed to working together now so there'll be no surprise announcements from the government or from the Institute of Sport about what their plans are," Ms Berry told The Canberra Times.
Federal sports minister Bridget McKenzie is yet to detail plans for the AIS campus.
