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Mr John Moran TULLY (1885 - 1966)

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Date of Birth: 01/12/1885
Place of Birth: Mulgoa, near Penrith, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 27/10/1966
Place of Death: Roseville, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
Position Start End Period Notes
Member for Goulburn 28 Apr 1944 09 May 1946 2 years 12 days
Secretary for Lands 16 May 1941 09 May 1946 4 years 11 months 24 days
Member for Goulburn 10 May 1941 24 Apr 1944 2 years 11 months 15 days
Member for Goulburn 26 Mar 1938 18 Apr 1941 3 years 24 days
Member for Goulburn 11 May 1935 24 Feb 1938 2 years 9 months 14 days
Secretary for Lands 04 Nov 1930 13 May 1932 1 year 6 months 10 days
Member for Goulburn 25 Oct 1930 18 May 1932 1 year 6 months 24 days
Member for Goulburn 08 Oct 1927 18 Sep 1930 2 years 11 months 11 days
Member for Goulburn 30 May 1925 07 Sep 1927 2 years 3 months 9 days
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 30 May 1925 09 May 1946 20 years 11 months 10 days
Political Party Activity
Australian Labor Party (ALP). Joined the party in 1913, president of Chatswood branch, delegate to electorate councils and conference.
Community Activity
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Public servant and farmer. Educated at St Patrick's College in Goulburn. Joined public service and became a junior attendant at the Public Library from 1903 - 1908. Draughtsman at Registrar General's Department 1908 - 1925, 1932 - 1935, owned a 1200 acre grazing property in the Goulburn district; later had an interest in the timber trade; became Agent General for New South Wales in London from 1946 until 1954; member of Public Service Professional Officers' Association; noted athlete in youth, also Rugby Union then League football; keen racegoer
Military Service
Honours Received
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Son of Peter Tully, railway officer, and Sarah Lovat, teacher. Married Dorothy Kitching on 4 October 1916 and had issue, 2 sons. Roman Catholic. Funeral at Northern Suburbs Lawn cemetery from Our Lady of Dolours Roman Catholic church, Chatswood.
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.