Wallace Rae
Sir Wally Rae KBE | |
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Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Gregory | |
In office 5 October 1957 – 7 December 1974 | |
Preceded by | George Devries |
Succeeded by | Bill Glasson |
Personal details | |
Born |
Wallace Alexander Ramsay Rae 31 March 1913 Lindfield, New South Wales, Australia |
Died |
18 March 2006 92) Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia | (aged
Nationality | Australian |
Political party | Country Party |
Occupation | Grazier |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Sir Wallace "Wally" Alexander Ramsay Rae (31 March 1913 – 18 March 2006)[1] was a member of the Queensland Parliament and served in various State Government ministries. Rae worked as a stock and station agent before serving as a bomber pilot in World War II. After the war, he brought a property located between Blackall and Isisford.
He entered the Queensland Parliament sitting as a member of the Country Party in 1956. During his long career in Parliament, he held several ministerial positions including Minister for Local Government and Electricity and Minister for Lands and Forestry. He was later appointed Queensland'a Agent-General in London.
In the Queen's Birthday Honours of 1976, he was made a knight bachelor.[2]
He died in Port Macquarie, New South Wales, on 18 March 2006.[3]
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Parliament of Queensland | ||
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Preceded by George Devries |
Member for Gregory 1957–1974 |
Succeeded by Bill Glasson |