Wally Rae Explained

Sir Wally Rae
Honorific-Suffix:
Constituency Am1:Gregory
Assembly1:Queensland Legislative
Term Start1:5 October 1957
Term End1:7 December 1974
Predecessor1:George Devries
Successor1:Bill Glasson
Birth Date:31 March 1913
Birth Place:Lindfield, New South Wales, Australia
Death Place:Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia
Birthname:Wallace Alexander Ramsay Rae
Nationality:Australian
Party:Country Party
Occupation:Grazier

Sir Wallace Alexander Ramsay Rae (31 March 1913  - 18 March 2006) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly in Australia. He served in various Queensland Government ministries.[1] [2]

Biography

Rae worked as a stock and station agent before serving as a bomber pilot in World War II. After the war, he bought a property located between Blackall and Isisford.

A member of the Country Party he was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly representing the electorate of Gregory in 1957. 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's Agent-General in London.

In the 1976 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was made a knight bachelor.[3]

He died in Port Macquarie, New South Wales, on 18 March 2006.[4]

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Register of all Members since 1860. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110610174233/http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/view/historical/records1860.asp?SubArea=register_R&SubNav=register_A. 10 June 2011. 30 July 2021. Queensland Parliament.
  2. Web site: Rae, Hon Sir Wallace Alexander Ramsay, KBE (Wally). live. 2021-07-30. Former Members Biography. Queensland Parliament. en-AU. 30 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210730060516/https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=1709262442.
  3. Web site: It's an Honour . 28 August 2010 . 3 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303200039/http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=1083115&search_type=simple&showInd=true . live .
  4. Web site: 2006-03-21. Central west ex-govt minister dies. 2021-07-30. www.abc.net.au. en-AU. 28 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161028160658/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2006-03-21/central-west-ex-govt-minister-dies/823676. live.