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Mr William James SCULLY (1885 - 1966)

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Date of Birth: 01/02/1885
Place of Birth: Bective, near Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 19/03/1966
Place of Death: Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
Position Start End Period Notes
Member for Namoi 25 Oct 1930 18 May 1932 1 year 6 months 24 days
Member for Namoi 08 Oct 1927 18 Sep 1930 2 years 11 months 11 days
Member for Namoi 30 May 1925 07 Sep 1927 2 years 3 months 9 days
Member for Namoi 20 Sep 1923 18 Apr 1925 1 year 6 months 30 days
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 20 Sep 1923 18 May 1932 8 years 7 months 29 days
Political Party Activity
Australian Labor Party (ALP). President of Tamworth Branch and New England federal electorate council.
Community Activity
Commissioned as a Justice of the Peace in 1914
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Farmer. Educated at Bective public school; left school at age fourteen; became a sharefarmer at Nemingha; later became a road concreter; after losing Namoi became a horse buyer and raced horses in North West Newcastle and Sydney; foundation chairman of Tamworth Ambulance committee; for many years became president and organiser of Eight Hour Day committee, Tamworth; member of Australian Workers' Union; member of Aborigines' Protection Board 1931 - 1937, Welfare Board 1938 - 1949; life member of Tamworth Jockey Club; judge for New South Wales National Coursing Association; councillor of New England University.
Military Service
Honours Received
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Member of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia. Member of the House of Representatives for Gwydir 1937 - 1949.
Local Government Activity
Alderman at Tamworth 1950 - 1956.
Personal
Son of Thomas James Scully and Sarah Lucy Rutherford. Married Grace Kilbride on 15 June 1925 and had issue, 3 sons. Roman Catholic. Funeral at West Tamworth cemetery from St Patrick's Roman Catholic church.
Additional Information

The Parliament of New South Wales acknowledges and respects the traditional lands of all Aboriginal people, and pays respects to all Elders past and present. We acknowledge the Gadigal people as the traditional custodians of the land on which the Parliament of New South Wales stands.