William Arthur Zuill (1867 – 21 June 1942) was an Australian politician.
He was born at Saltwater near
Grafton to grazier John Zuill and Janet Anderson. He attended local private schools, and an accident during his childhood left him partially crippled. In 1895 he purchased a dairy farm at Lower Southgate, later becoming an estate agent and valuer at Grafton. In 1915 he was elected to 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 ...
as the member for
Clarence Clarence may refer to:
Places
Australia
* Clarence County, New South Wales, a Cadastral division
* Clarence, New South Wales, a place near Lithgow
* Clarence River (New South Wales)
* Clarence Strait (Northern Territory)
* City of Clarence, a l ...
; he stood as an Independent Liberal endorsed by the
Farmers' and Settlers' Association of New South Wales The Farmers' and Settlers' Association of New South Wales was an umbrella organisation of farmers' and selectors' associations in New South Wales, founded in 1893.
History
The Association was formed in 1893 as the outcome of a conference held in C ...
, but later joined the
Nationalist Party. He was defeated in 1920 and died at Grafton in 1942.
References
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1867 births
1942 deaths
Nationalist Party of Australia members of the Parliament of New South Wales
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly