Patrick Charles Scully (16 August 1887 – 6 February 1951) was an Australian politician. He was born at Tamworth to Thomas James Scully and Sarah Lucy, ''née'' Rutherford. After attending Bective Superior Public School he passed the teachers' examination and taught at various country schools from 1909 to 1920. On 25 January 1911 he married Nellie Evans. A supporter of the

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, he served as a

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member of the

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for Namoi from 1920 to 1923, when he resigned and was replaced by his brother

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. Scully died in

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in 1951.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Scully, Patrick 1887 births 1951 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Australian educators People from Tamworth, New South Wales Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales 20th-century Australian politicians