Laurence John Tully (30 July 1917 – 27 June 1981) was an Australian politician and a member of the

New South Wales Legislative Assembly The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is the lower of the two houses of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The upper house is the New South Wales Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament Ho ...

from 1946 until 1965. He was a member of the Labor Party (ALP) . Tully was born in Sydney and was the son of

Jack Tully John Moran Tully (1 December 1885 – 27 October 1966) was an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1925 to 1932 and from 1935 to 1946. Born at Mulgoa to railway officer Peter Tully and ...

the member for

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in the Legislative Assembly between 1925 and 1946. He was educated at

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and the law faculty of the

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. He was called to the bar in 1942. During World War Two, he served with the

Royal Australian Air Force "Through Adversity to the Stars" , colours = , colours_label = , march = , mascot = , anniversaries = RAAF Anniversary Commemoration ...

. After an unsuccessful campaign in the seat of Temora in 1944, Tully was elected to the parliament as the Labor member for

at the

1946 Events January * January 6 - The 1946 North Vietnamese parliamentary election, first general election ever in Vietnam is held. * January 7 – The Allies recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into f ...

by-election caused by the resignation of his father. Tully retained the seat for the Labor Party at the next 6 elections and retired from public life at the

1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndo ...

election. He later became a company director. He was briefly the Acting Chairman of Committees but did not hold any other party, parliamentary or ministerial office.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tully, Laurie 1917 births 1981 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales 20th-century Australian politicians Royal Australian Air Force personnel of World War II