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href="/wiki/The_Honourable" title="The Honourable">The Honourable</a></div><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">William Gillies</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:William_Gillies_1920.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/William_Gillies_1920.jpg/220px-William_Gillies_1920.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="301" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/William_Gillies_1920.jpg/330px-William_Gillies_1920.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/William_Gillies_1920.jpg/440px-William_Gillies_1920.jpg 2x" data-file-width="527" data-file-height="720" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Gillies in 1920</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">21st <a href="/wiki/Premier_of_Queensland" title="Premier of Queensland">Premier of Queensland</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />26 February 1925 – 22 October 1925</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Governor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Nathan" title="Matthew Nathan">Matthew Nathan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Premier_of_Queensland" title="Deputy Premier of Queensland">Deputy</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_McCormack" title="William McCormack">William McCormack</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ted_Theodore" title="Ted Theodore">Ted Theodore</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">William McCormack</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Eacham" title="Electoral district of Eacham">Eacham</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">26th <a href="/wiki/Treasurer_of_Queensland" title="Treasurer of Queensland">Treasurer of Queensland</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />26 February 1925 – 22 October 1925</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Ted Theodore</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">William McCormack</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data">Eacham</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Queensland_Legislative_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="Queensland Legislative Assembly">Queensland Legislative Assembly</a></span><br />for Eacham</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />27 April 1912 – 24 October 1925</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>New seat</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cornelius_Ryan_(Australian_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cornelius Ryan (Australian politician)">Cornelius Ryan</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1868-10-27</span>)</span>27 October 1868<br />Eccleston, <a href="/wiki/Colony_of_New_South_Wales" title="Colony of New South Wales">New South Wales</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">9 February 1928<span style="display:none">(1928-02-09)</span> (aged 59)<br /><a href="/wiki/Toowong" title="Toowong">Toowong</a>, Brisbane, <a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Queensland" title="Colony of Queensland">Queensland</a>, Australia</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Toowong_Cemetery" title="Toowong Cemetery">Toowong Cemetery</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Queensland_Labor_Party" title="Queensland Labor Party">Labor</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Margaret Smith</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1900)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Gillies_(Australian_politician)" title="Robert Gillies (Australian politician)">Robert Gillies</a> (brother)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Profession</th><td class="infobox-data">Farmer</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>William Neal Gillies</b> (27 October 1868 – 9 February 1928)<sup id="cite_ref-adb_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-adb-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was an Australian <a href="/wiki/Queensland_Labor_Party" title="Queensland Labor Party">Labor politician in Queensland</a> who served as <a href="/wiki/Premier_of_Queensland" title="Premier of Queensland">premier of Queensland</a> from February to October 1925.<sup id="cite_ref-qp_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-qp-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Gillies_(Australian_politician)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gillies was born in Eccleston, <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a> (in the <a href="/wiki/Allyn_River" title="Allyn River">Allyn River</a> district), the son of Dougald Gillies, farmer, and his wife Mary (née Gillies), both parents being <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scottish</a> immigrants. Gillies was educated at local schools and in 1882 went with his parents to the Village of <a href="/wiki/Tintenbar,_New_South_Wales" title="Tintenbar, New South Wales">Tintenbar</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Richmond_River" title="Richmond River">Richmond River</a> country. There he took up farming including sugar-cane growing, and began to be interested in public affairs.<sup id="cite_ref-adb_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-adb-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1900, Gillies married Margaret Smith.<sup id="cite_ref-adb_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-adb-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Gillies_(Australian_politician)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>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 <a href="/wiki/1910_Australian_federal_election" title="1910 Australian federal election">federal election of 1910</a> he stood unsuccessfully as a <a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party_(Queensland_Branch)" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch)">Labour</a> candidate for the <a href="/wiki/Division_of_Richmond" title="Division of Richmond">Richmond</a><sup id="cite_ref-adb_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-adb-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> seat, and was again defeated when he stood for the <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_Legislative_Assembly" title="New South Wales Legislative Assembly">New South Wales Legislative Assembly</a> in the same district.<sup id="cite_ref-adb_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-adb-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Late in 1910<sup id="cite_ref-adb_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-adb-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gillies took up land in Queensland and in 1912 won the <a href="/wiki/Electoral_district_of_Eacham" title="Electoral district of Eacham">Eacham seat</a> for Labour<sup id="cite_ref-qp_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-qp-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in the <a href="/wiki/Legislative_Assembly_of_Queensland" title="Legislative Assembly of Queensland">Legislative Assembly of Queensland</a> despite a charge of falsely stating his period of residence on an electoral claim.<sup id="cite_ref-adb_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-adb-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He held this seat until his retirement from politics.<sup id="cite_ref-qp_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-qp-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Gillies was assistant-minister for justice in the <a href="/wiki/Thomas_J._Ryan_(Australian_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas J. Ryan (Australian politician)">Thomas J. Ryan</a> ministry from 25 April 1918 to September 1919<sup id="cite_ref-adb_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-adb-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and for a few weeks until 22 October, was secretary for agriculture and stock. He held the last position in the <a href="/wiki/Ted_Theodore" title="Ted Theodore">Ted Theodore</a> ministry from October 1919 till February 1925,<sup id="cite_ref-qp_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-qp-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Williamgilliesheadstone.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Williamgilliesheadstone.JPG/190px-Williamgilliesheadstone.JPG" decoding="async" width="190" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Williamgilliesheadstone.JPG/285px-Williamgilliesheadstone.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Williamgilliesheadstone.JPG/380px-Williamgilliesheadstone.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1984" data-file-height="1488" /></a><figcaption>William Gillies's headstone at <a href="/wiki/Brisbane" title="Brisbane">Brisbane</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Toowong_Cemetery" title="Toowong Cemetery">Toowong Cemetery</a></figcaption></figure> <p>On the resignation of Theodore, Gillies became premier on 26 February 1925, taking the positions of chief secretary and treasurer,<sup id="cite_ref-qp_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-qp-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-adb_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-adb-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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.<sup id="cite_ref-adb_1-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-adb-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Gillies_(Australian_politician)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gillies was accorded a <a href="/wiki/State_funeral" title="State funeral">state funeral</a><sup id="cite_ref-courier_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-courier-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which took place from <a href="/wiki/St_Andrew%27s_Uniting_Church,_Brisbane" title="St Andrew's Uniting Church, Brisbane">St Andrew's Presbyterian Church</a> to his burial place at <a href="/wiki/Toowong_Cemetery" title="Toowong Cemetery">Toowong Cemetery</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-courier1_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-courier1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bcc_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bcc-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Gillies_Highway" title="Gillies Highway">Gillies Highway</a> in <a href="/wiki/Far_North_Queensland" title="Far North Queensland">Far North Queensland</a> was named after him, 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). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=William_Gillies_(Australian_politician)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-adb-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-adb_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-adb_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-adb_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-adb_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-adb_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-adb_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-adb_1-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-adb_1-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-adb_1-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-adb_1-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/gillies-william-neil-6388">"Gillies, William Neil (1868–1928)"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Australian_Dictionary_of_Biography" title="Australian Dictionary of Biography">Australian Dictionary of Biography</a></i>. 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</td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFBF00;">Party political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Ted_Theodore" title="Ted Theodore">Ted Theodore</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party_(Queensland_Branch)" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch)">Leader of the Labor Party in Queensland</a> </b><br />1925 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/William_McCormack" title="William McCormack">William McCormack</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Queensland" title="Parliament of Queensland">Parliament of Queensland</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" 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