Wally Rae

Australian politician

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]

References

1. "Register of all Members since 1860". Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original on 10 June 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
2. "Rae, Hon Sir Wallace Alexander Ramsay, KBE (Wally)". Former Members Biography. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
3. "It's an Honour". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2010.
4. "Central west ex-govt minister dies". www.abc.net.au. 21 March 2006. Archived from the original on 28 October 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2021.

Further reading

• "Motion of Condolence: Death of Sir Wallace Alexander Ramsay Rae" (PDF). Weekly Hansard. Queensland Parliament. 28 March 2006. pp. 803–806.