William Scully (Australian politician)
William Scully | |
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Vice-President of the Executive Council | |
In office 1 November 1946 – 19 December 1949 | |
Prime Minister | Ben Chifley |
Preceded by | Joe Collings |
Succeeded by | Enid Lyons |
Minister for Commerce and Agriculture | |
In office 22 December 1942 – 1 November 1946 | |
Prime Minister | John Curtin Frank Forde Ben Chifley |
Preceded by | Himself (Commerce) |
Succeeded by | Reg Pollard |
Minister for Commerce | |
In office 7 October 1941 – 22 December 1942 | |
Prime Minister | John Curtin |
Preceded by | Earle Page |
Succeeded by | Himself (Commerce and Agriculture) |
Member of the Australian Parliament for Gwydir | |
In office 8 May 1937 – 10 December 1949 | |
Preceded by | Aubrey Abbott |
Succeeded by | Thomas Treloar |
Personal details | |
Born | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 1 February 1883
Died | 19 March 1966 Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia | (aged 83)
Political party | Labor |
Spouse |
Grace Myrtle Kilbride
(m. 1925) |
Relations | Patrick Scully (brother) |
Children | 3, incl. Jim Scully |
Occupation | Contractor |
William James Scully (1 February 1883 – 19 March 1966) was an Australian politician and farmer. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and held ministerial office in the governments of John Curtin and Ben Chifley, serving as Minister for Commerce (1941–1942), Commerce and Agriculture (1942–1946) and Vice-President of the Executive Council (1946–1949). He served in the House of Representatives from 1937 to 1949, representing the New South Wales seat of Gwydir.
Early life
Born in Sydney to Thomas James Scully and his wife Sarah Lucy Rutherford, he was educated at a small school near Tamworth. He and his brothers worked as contract labourers, and by the age of 21 Scully was a contractor. In 1912 he became a justice of the peace. He was also involved with the Tamworth Progress Association and the Primary Producers' Union of New South Wales.[1] At Tamworth in 1925 he married Grace Myrtle Kilbride.[2]
NSW politics
In 1903, Scully joined the Tamworth Political Labor League and soon rose to become president. After three unsuccessful attempts to enter the
Federal politics
Having bred horses for five years, Scully stood in a
Scully was appointed
References
- ^ ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 25 August 2007.
- ^ a b "Mr William James Scully (1885-1966)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
- ^ "Mr Patrick Charles Scully (1887–1951)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 May 2019.