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Former Member Details

Mr William Thomas ELY (1869 - 1957)

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Date of Birth: 07/06/1869
Place of Birth: Andersons Creek, Victoria, Australia
Date of Death: 19/04/1957
Place of Death: Bondi, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
Position Start End Period Notes
Minister for Health 17 Jun 1931 13 May 1932 10 months 27 days
Assistant Minister for Labour and Industry 04 Nov 1930 17 Jun 1931 7 months 14 days
Member for Granville 25 Oct 1930 18 May 1932 1 year 6 months 24 days
Member for Granville 08 Oct 1927 18 Sep 1930 2 years 11 months 11 days
Member for Parramatta 30 May 1925 07 Sep 1927 2 years 3 months 9 days
Member for Parramatta 20 Mar 1920 17 Feb 1922 1 year 10 months 29 days
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 20 Mar 1920 18 May 1932 12 years 1 month 29 days
Political Party Activity
Australian Labor Party (ALP). Joined in Victoria secretary of Parramatta / Harris Park branches, member of central executive from 1923 until 1924.
Community Activity
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Journalist. Worked on staff of the Melbourne Age; reported in federal conventions in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide from 1897 until 1898 and some of the earliest meetings of the Commonwealth Parliament; appointed in Sydney and was a representative of The Age c.1905; proprieter, with Frank Walford in 1912 and with Mary Bertha Lang in 1918, of Cumberland Times, Parramatta; president of New South Wales district in 1912; later became a poultry farmer; member of Australian Industrial Christian Fellowship in 1923.
Military Service
Honours Received
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Son of Joshua Ely, bootmaker, and Charlotte Hussey. Married Louise Harvey and had issue, 1 daughter and 1 son. Bequeathed his body to the University of Sydney.
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