Preceded by George Devries Occupation Grazier Political party Country Party | Nationality Australian Succeeded by Bill Glasson Name Wallace Rae | |
Full Name Wallace Alexander Ramsay Rae Born 31 March 1913
Lindfield, New South Wales, Australia ( 1913-03-31 ) Died 18 March 2006(2006-03-18) (aged 92)
Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia | ||
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.