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Wally Rae

Sir Wally Rae
KBE
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Gregory
In office
5 October 1957 – 7 December 1974
Preceded by George Devries
Succeeded by Bill Glasson
Personal details
Born Wallace Alexander Ramsay Rae
(1913-03-31)31 March 1913
Lindfield, New South Wales, Australia
Died 18 March 2006(2006-03-18) (aged 92)
Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia
Nationality Australian
Political party Country Party
Occupation Grazier
Religion Presbyterian

Sir Wallace "Wally" Alexander Ramsay Rae (31 March 1913 – 18 March 2006) was a member of the Queensland Parliament and served in various State Government ministries. Rae worked as a stock and station agent before serving as a bomber pilot in World War II. After the war, he brought a property located between Blackall and Isisford.

He entered the Queensland Parliament sitting as a member of the Country Party in 1956. 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'a Agent-General in London.

In the Queen's Birthday Honours of 1976, he was made a knight bachelor.

He died in Port Macquarie, New South Wales, on 18 March 2006.



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