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The Hon. George PACIULLO (1934 - )

  • Date of Birth: 20/02/1934
  • Place of Birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Parliamentary Service

Position Start End Period Parliament Notes
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly13 Feb 197119 Feb 198918yr(s) 7day(s)
Member for Liverpool13 Feb 197119 Oct 19732yr(s) 8mth(s) 7day(s)43rd (1971 - 1973)
Member for Liverpool17 Nov 19732 Apr 19762yr(s) 4mth(s) 17day(s)44th (1973 - 1976)
Member for Liverpool1 May 197612 Sep 19782yr(s) 4mth(s) 12day(s)45th (1976 - 1978)
Member for Liverpool7 Oct 197828 Aug 19812yr(s) 10mth(s) 22day(s)46th (1978 - 1981)
Member for Liverpool19 Sep 19815 Mar 19842yr(s) 5mth(s) 16day(s)47th (1981 - 1984)
Member for Liverpool24 Mar 198422 Feb 19883yr(s) 10mth(s) 30day(s)48th (1984 - 1988)
Member for Liverpool19 Mar 198819 Feb 198911mth(s) 1day(s)49th (1988 - 1991)
Minister for Roads10 Nov 198310 Feb 19843mth(s) 1day(s)
Minister for Industry and Decentralisation and Minister for Small Business and Technology10 Feb 19845 Apr 19841mth(s) 27day(s)
Minister for Consumer Affairs and Minister for Aboriginal Affairs5 Apr 19846 Feb 19861yr(s) 10mth(s) 2day(s)
Minister for Police and Emergency Services6 Feb 19864 Jul 19864mth(s) 29day(s)
Minister for Police and Emergency Services4 Jul 198625 Mar 19881yr(s) 8mth(s) 22day(s)
Parliamentary Secretary14 May 19766 Oct 19782yr(s) 4mth(s) 23day(s)
Member of Select Committee on Aborigines1 Jan 19771 Jan 19771day
Chairman of the Select Committee to Administer Pecuniary Interests of Members1 Jan 19791 Jan 19791day
Chairman of the Inaugural Joint Parliamentary Standing Committee on Road Safety (Staysafe)1 Jan 19821 Jan 19821day

Political Party Activity

Australian Labor Party (ALP). Joined Liverpool branch in 1958. Former Shadow Minister for Sport, Recreation and Tourism 1973. Shadow Minister for Sport, Recreation and Tourism 1983 - 1976. Made a life member of ALP on 26 May 2002.


Community Activity

Representative and inter-district competition representative in 1953 of New South Wales Lawn Tennis Association. 1965 Central Umpire Davis Cup Challenge Round Sydney. 1967 Secretary of the New South Wales Lawn Tennis Umpires Association and official of the New South Wales Lawn Tennis Association. 1972 President of the New South Wales Lawn Tennis Umpires Association. Government Liaison officer for ethnic communities 1976. Deputy representative to the Advisory Council for Inter-Government Relations 1977.


Qualifications, occupations and interests

Previously survey draftsman New South Wales Soil Conservation Service 1951-1971. Educated at Liverpool Kindergarten and Liverpool Primary School 1941 - 1949. Homebush Boys High School 1950 - 1951 to Intermediate level. Appointed as a consultant on road safety in 1989. Appointed as the Chairman of the Australian Wine and Brandy, the national authority which regulates and promotes the Australian wine industry in 1990. Elected inaugural Chairman of the Australian Wine Export Council in 1992. Appointed to the Board of the National Roads and Motorists Association (NRMA) in 2000. Recreational interests include tennis and running.


Military Service

National Service Training in 1952. Joined Citizen Military Forces following National Service for 3 years.


Honours Received

Awarded the Order of the President of the Solidarity Star of Italy on 21 December 1972. Awarded the Companion of the Order of Liverpool on 7 November 1990. Awared Medal of the Order of Australia - General Division (OAM) on 14 June 1999. Awarded the Centenary Medal - general list on 21 November 2003.


Local Government Activity

Alderman of Liverpool City Council 1959 - 1970; (Mayor 1968 - 1969). Councillor of Liverpool City Council 1994 - 2003 (Mayor 1994 - 2003)


Personal

Son of Sisto Paciullo, market gardener and his wife, Immocalata, who migrated from Calabria to Australia during the Great Depression. Educated at Liverpool Primary School and Homebush Boys' High School. Married Janette Ruth Paciullo on 3 November 1964 and had issue, 1 son.


Additional Information

Personal papers in the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales: George Paciullo - political and family papers, 1923 - 1992 (MLMSS 5288) (ADD-ON 1956); photographs in the PICMAN Database.



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