Sir William McKell
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The Right Honourable Sir William McKell GCMG |
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| 12th Governor-General of Australia | |
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In office 11 March 1947 – 8 May 1953 |
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| Monarch |
George VI Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister |
Ben Chifley Robert Menzies |
| Preceded by | The Duke of Gloucester |
| Succeeded by | Sir William Slim |
| 27th Premier of New South Wales Elections: 1941, 1944 |
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In office 16 May 1941 – 6 February 1947 |
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| Governor |
The Lord Wakehurst (1941–46) Sir John Northcott (1946–47) |
| Deputy | Jack Baddeley |
| Preceded by | Alexander Mair |
| Succeeded by | James McGirr |
| Member of the New South Wales Parliament for Redfern |
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In office 24 March 1917 – 18 February 1920 |
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| Preceded by | James McGowen |
| Succeeded by | District abolished |
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In office 8 October 1927 – 6 February 1947 |
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| Preceded by | New district |
| Succeeded by | George Noble |
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26 September 1891 Pambula, New South Wales |
| Died | 11 January 1985 (aged 93) Waverley, New South Wales |
| Resting place | Northern Suburbs Crematorium, Sydney |
| Political party | Australian Labor Party |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Pye |
Sir William John McKell GCMG, PC (26 September 1891 – 11 January 1985), often known as Bill McKell, was an Australian politician who served as the 12th Governor-General of Australia, in office from 1947 to 1953. He had previously been Premier of New South Wales from 1941 to 1947, as leader of the Labor Party.
McKell was born in the small town of Pambula, New South Wales, but grew up in Sydney. He left school at the age of thirteen, training as a boilermaker at Mort's Dock. McKell soon became involved with the union movement, and after a brief period on the railways began working full-time as a union secretary. He sided with the anti-conscriptionists during the Labor Party split of 1916, and at the 1917 state election defeated James McGowen, a former Labor premier who had been expelled from the party. In 1920, aged 29, McKell was made Minister for Justice under John Storey. He also served as a minister under John Dooley and Jack Lang.
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