Mr (Captain) William Fraser DUNN (1877 - 1951)**

Date of Birth: 02/02/1877 Place of Birth: Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia Date of Death: 10/07/1951 Place of Death: Moore Park, New South Wales, Australia

Parliamentary Service

Position Start End Period Notes Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 14 Oct 1910 22 May 1950 39yr(s) 7mth(s) 9day(s) Member for Mudgee 14 Oct 1910 26 Jul 1911 9mth(s) 13day(s) 22nd (1910 - 1913) Member for Mudgee 16 Aug 1911 6 Nov 1913 2yr(s) 2mth(s) 22day(s) 22nd (1910 - 1913) Member for Mudgee 6 Dec 1913 21 Feb 1917 3yr(s) 2mth(s) 16day(s) 23rd (1913 - 1917) Member for Mudgee 3 Mar 1917 18 Feb 1920 2yr(s) 11mth(s) 16day(s) 24th (1917 - 1920) Member for Wammerawa 20 Mar 1920 17 Feb 1922 1yr(s) 10mth(s) 29day(s) 25th (1920 - 1922) Member for Wammerawa 25 Mar 1922 18 Apr 1925 3yr(s) 25day(s) 26th (1922 - 1925) Member for Wammerawa 30 May 1925 7 Sep 1927 2yr(s) 3mth(s) 9day(s) 27th (1925 - 1927) Member for Mudgee 8 Oct 1927 18 Sep 1930 2yr(s) 11mth(s) 11day(s) 28th (1927 - 1930) Member for Mudgee 25 Oct 1930 18 May 1932 1yr(s) 6mth(s) 24day(s) 29th (1930 - 1932) Member for Mudgee 11 May 1935 24 Feb 1938 2yr(s) 9mth(s) 14day(s) 31st (1935 - 1938) Member for Mudgee 26 Mar 1938 18 Apr 1942 4yr(s) 24day(s) 32nd (1938 - 1941) Member for Mudgee 10 May 1941 24 Apr 1944 2yr(s) 11mth(s) 15day(s) 33rd (1941 - 1944) Member for Mudgee 27 May 1944 29 Mar 1947 2yr(s) 10mth(s) 3day(s) 34th (1944 - 1947) Member for Mudgee 3 May 1947 22 May 1950 3yr(s) 20day(s) 35th (1947 - 1950) Minister for Agriculture 13 Apr 1920 10 Oct 1921 1yr(s) 5mth(s) 28day(s) Minister for Agriculture 10 Oct 1921 20 Dec 1921 2mth(s) 11day(s) Minister for Agriculture 20 Dec 1921 13 Apr 1922 3mth(s) 25day(s) Minister for Agriculture 17 Jun 1925 26 May 1927 1yr(s) 11mth(s) 10day(s) Assistant Secretary for Lands and Minister for Forests 25 Nov 1926 26 May 1927 6mth(s) 2day(s) Minister for Agriculture and Minister for Forests 4 Nov 1930 13 May 1932 1yr(s) 6mth(s) 10day(s) Minister for Agriculture and Minister for Forests 16 May 1941 8 Jun 1944 3yr(s) 24day(s) Minister for Conservation 8 Jun 1944 9 May 1946 1yr(s) 11mth(s) 2day(s) Secretary for Lands 9 May 1946 19 May 1947 1yr(s) 11day(s) The Governor’s Opening Speech Committee No.1 16 Nov 1910 16 Nov 1910 1day 22nd (1910 - 1913) Conduct of the Rabbit Industry in New South Wales Committee No.13 4 Jul 1911 1 Aug 1911 29days 22nd (1910 - 1913) Application of Mr Charles Lancelot Garland for Special Gold Leases Committee No.12 15 Oct 1912 4 Dec 1912 1mth 20days 22nd (1910 - 1913) Michael Gleeson’s Application for a Selection, Land District of Dubbo Committee No.7 12 Aug 1913 23 Sep 1913 1mth 12days 22nd (1910 - 1913) Chairman Library Committee No. 3 11 Mar 1914 18 Apr 1914 1mth 8days 23rd (1913 - 1917) Elections and Qualifications Committee No. 2 24 Mar 1914 18 Apr 1914 26days 23rd (1913 - 1917) Elections and Qualifications Committee No. 2 21 Jul 1914 23 Feb 1915 7mths 3days 23rd (1913 - 1917) Library Committee No. 3 22 Jul 1914 23 Feb 1915 7mths 2days 23rd (1913 - 1917) The Governor's Opening Speech Committee No. 1 15 Jun 1915 13 Apr 1916 9mths 30days 23rd (1913 - 1917) Elections and Qualifications Committee No. 2 1 Jul 1915 13 Apr 1916 9mths 13days 23rd (1913 - 1917) Refreshment Committee No. 4 2 Jul 1915 13 Apr 1916 9mths 12days 23rd (1913 - 1917)

Political Party Activity

Australian Labor Party (ALP). Joined c.1895, resigned seat in 1911 in protest against government land policy, re-elected; deputy leader from 1922 until 1923, leader in 1923.

Community Activity

Commissioned as a Justice of the Peace in 1911

Qualifications, occupations and interests

Schoolteacher. Educated at Sutton and Queanbeyan public schools; left school at 15 years of age to assist on family 800 acre wheat and sheep farm, ran own property near Canberra c.1896; following a football injury joined the Education Department in 1901; taught at various country centres including Merrendee, Broken Hill and East Kempsey, resigned in 1910. Chairman of New South Wales Wheat Board, Member of the Australian Wheat Board from 1920 until 1922; councillor of Royal Agricultural Society; advisory councillor for New England University College from 1942 until 1946; investigated irrigation and marketing Europe and United States of America in 1926.

Military Service

Served in Australian Infantry Forces 1915 - 1918, 35th battalion, Captain.

Personal

Son of Francis Dunn, farmer and English migrant. and his wife Emily Fraser, Scottish migrant. Married Minnie Elizabeth Durrington in 1916 at Mudgee. Church of England. Funeral at Eastern Suburbs crematorium from St Andrews Church of England cathedral.

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