Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/William_Gillies_(Australian_politician)> ?p ?o. }
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) abstract "William Neil (Neal) Gillies (27 October 1868 – 9 February 1928) was ALP Premier of Queensland, Australia, from 26 February 1925 to 22 October 1925.Gillies was born in Eccleston, New South Wales (in the Allen River district), the son of Dougald Gillies, farmer, and his wife Mary (née Gillies), both parents being Scottish immigrants. Gillies was educated at local schools and in 1882 went with his parents to the Village of Tintenbar in the Richmond River country. There he took up farming including sugar-cane growing, and began to be interested in public affairs. He was an active member of the anti-alien league, and afterwards became president of the New South Wales sugar growers defence league. In the federal election of 1910 he stood unsuccessfully as a Labour candidate for the Richmond seat, and was again defeated when he stood for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in the same district.In 1911 Gillies took up land in Queensland and in 1912 won the Eacham seat for Labour in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland despite a charge of falsely stating his period of residence on an electoral claim. He held this seat until his retirement frompolitics. He was assistant-minister for justice in the Thomas J. Ryan ministry from 25April 1918 to September 1919 and for a few weeks until 22 October, was secretary for agriculture and stock. He held the last position in the Ted Theodore ministry from October 1919, and his practical experience as a farmer was found to be of great use. Many amendments were made in existing legislation relating to agriculture and no fewer than 14 new measures were passed. This period was marked by the establishment of the cotton industry and the stabilization of the sugar and farming industries. On the resignation of Theodore, Gillies became premier on 26 February 1925, taking the positions of chief secretary and treasurer, and vice-president of the executive council. He was premier during a period of great labour unrest with constantly occurring strikes. Gillies was a man of moderate views and he found the more extreme section of the party very active, and he was beset with anxieties. He compromised as much as possible, but on 27 October 1925 was glad to resign and become a member of the newly established board of trade and arbitration. He gave much study to the problems to be dealt with and carried out his work with conspicuous fairness. He, however, felt the strain very much and died suddenly on 9 February 1928. He married in 1900 Margaret Smith who survived him with a son and a daughter.The Gillies Highway in Far North Queensland was named after William Neil Gillies as he founded the Main Roads Board, which subsequently became the Department of Main Roads (now part of the Department of Transport and Main Roads).".
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) activeYearsEndDate "1925-10-22".
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) activeYearsStartDate "1925-02-26".
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) birthDate "1868-10-27".
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) birthName "William Neil Gillies".
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) birthPlace Eccleston,_New_South_Wales.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) birthYear "1868".
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) deathDate "1928-02-09".
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) deathPlace Australia.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) deathPlace Brisbane.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) deathPlace Queensland.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) deathYear "1928".
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) governor Matthew_Nathan.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) office "Premier of Queensland".
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) orderInOffice "21st".
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) region Electoral_district_of_Eacham.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) restingPlace Toowong_Cemetery.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) successor William_McCormack.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) termPeriod William_Gillies_(Australian_politician)__1.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) thumbnail Parliamentary_Qld_Labor_Party_1921.jpg?width=300.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) wikiPageExternalLink A090012b.htm.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) wikiPageExternalLink cemeteries_step3.jsp?mapdisplay=147266.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) wikiPageID "1721096".
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) wikiPageRevisionID "575652328".
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) accessdate "2008-12-23".
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) after William_McCormack.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) before Ted_Theodore.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) birthDate "1868-10-27".
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) birthPlace Eccleston,_New_South_Wales.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) birthname "William Neil Gillies".
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) caption "Queensland Parliamentary Labor Party Session, 1921 - William Gillies is in the inset photo on the right".
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) constituency Electoral_district_of_Eacham.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) dateOfBirth "1868-10-27".
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) dateOfDeath "1928-02-09".
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) deathDate "1928-02-09".
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) deathPlace Australia.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) deathPlace Brisbane.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) deathPlace Queensland.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) first "William Neil".
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) governor Matthew_Nathan.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) hasPhotoCollection William_Gillies_(Australian_politician).
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) last "Gillies".
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) link "http://gutenberg.net.au/dictbiog/0-dict-biogG.html#gillies2".
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) name "Gillies, William".
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) name "William Gillies".
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) office "Premier of Queensland".
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) order "21.0".
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) placeOfBirth Eccleston,_New_South_Wales.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) placeOfDeath Australia.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) placeOfDeath Brisbane.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) placeOfDeath Queensland.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) predecessor Ted_Theodore.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) restingplace Toowong_Cemetery.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) shortDescription "Australian politician".
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) spouse "Margaret Smith".
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) successor William_McCormack.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) termEnd "1925-10-22".
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) termStart "1925-02-26".
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) title Premier_of_Queensland.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) years "1925".
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) description "Australian politician".
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) description "Australian politician".
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) subject Category:1868_births.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) subject Category:1928_deaths.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) subject Category:Australian_Labor_Party_politicians.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) subject Category:Australian_people_of_Scottish_descent.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) subject Category:Burials_at_Toowong_Cemetery.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) subject Category:Deputy_Premiers_of_Queensland.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) subject Category:Premiers_of_Queensland.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) subject Category:Treasurers_of_Queensland.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) type AustralianLaborPartyPoliticians.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) type AustralianPeopleOfScottishDescent.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) type CausalAgent100007347.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) type Communicator109610660.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) type DeputyPremiersOfQueensland.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) type HeadOfState110164747.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) type Holder110180178.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) type Leader109623038.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) type LivingThing100004258.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) type MoneyHandler109624980.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) type Negotiator110351874.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) type Object100002684.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) type Officeholder110371450.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) type Official110372373.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) type Organism100004475.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) type Owner110389398.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) type Person100007846.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) type PhysicalEntity100001930.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) type Politician110451263.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) type Premier109907196.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) type PremiersOfQueensland.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) type Representative110522035.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) type SkilledWorker110605985.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) type Treasurer110727256.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) type TreasurersOfQueensland.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) type Whole100003553.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) type Worker109632518.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) type YagoLegalActor.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) type YagoLegalActorGeo.
- William_Gillies_(Australian_politician) type Agent.