Francis Raymond Scully (27 January 1920 – 12 August 2015), Australian politician, from 1949 was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for the electoral district of Richmond representing the Labor Party to March 1955.[1] He was Assistant Minister of Lands, Assistant Minister of Electrical Undertakings in the third Cain government from 1952 to 1955. He was a member of the Catholic Social Studies Movement ("The Movement") in Victoria, and was expelled from the ministry and the ALP as part of the Australian Labor Party split of 1955.[1] He then was a member of the Australian Labor Party (Anti-Communist) (and then the Democratic Labor Party) from 1955 to 1958. Scully was the only member of the DLP in the lower house of the Victorian parliament during these three years.[2]
Frank Scully | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Richmond | |
| In office 17 December 1949 – 30 May 1958 | |
| Preceded by | Stan Keon |
| Succeeded by | Bill Towers |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Francis Raymond Scully 27 January 1920 Bendigo, Victoria, Australia |
| Died | 12 August 2015 (aged 95) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Political party | Labor Party (1949–1955) |
| Other political affiliations | Australian Labor Party (Anti-Communist) (1955–1957) Democratic Labor Party (1957–1958) |
| Spouse |
Moira Grant (m. 1957) |
| Occupation | Railway worker |
Scully was a railway worker, and was active in the Australian Railways Union Industrial Group.[3] Scully was defeated at the 1958 elections[4] and subsequently owned a news-agency in Sandringham, Victoria.[5] He died in 2015 at the age of 95.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b "Frank Scully passes away, aged 95 years". Democratic Labour Party (Australia). 14 August 2015. Archived from the original on 25 August 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
- ^ Ainsley Symons (2012), 'Democratic Labor Party members in the Victorian Parliament of 1955–1958,' in Recorder (Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, Melbourne Branch) No. 275, November, Pages 4–5.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Robert Murray (1970), The Split, F.W. Cheshire, Melbourne, page 339
- ^ Parliament of Victoria. "RE-MEMBER (FORMER MEMBERS) Francis Raymond Scully". parliament.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
- ^ "HERALD SUN TRIBUTES". heraldsun.com.au.