Bill Barry | |
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Minister of Health | |
In office 21 November 1945 – 20 November 1947 | |
Premier | John Cain |
Preceded by | William Haworth |
Succeeded by | Albert Dunstan |
In office 17 December 1952 – 31 March 1955 | |
Preceded by | Bill Fulton |
Succeeded by | Val Doube |
Minister of Housing | |
In office 21 November 1945 – 20 November 1947 | |
Premier | John Cain |
Preceded by | William Haworth |
Succeeded by | Arthur Warner |
Minister of Forests | |
In office 21 November 1945 – 20 November 1947 | |
Premier | John Cain |
Preceded by | William Everard |
Succeeded by | Alexander Dennett |
Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Carlton | |
In office 10 July 1932 – 22 April 1955 | |
Preceded by | Robert Solly |
Succeeded by | Denis Lovegrove |
Personal details | |
Born | William Peter Barry 30 June 1899 Northcote, Victoria |
Died | 21 December 1972 Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia | (aged 73)
Resting place | Melbourne General Cemetery |
Political party | Labor Party |
Other political affiliations | Australian Labor Party (Anti-Communist) Democratic Labor Party |
Spouse |
Mary Moodie (m. 1926) |
William Peter Barry (30 June 1899 – 21 December 1972) was a Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for the Electoral district of Carlton from July 1932 until April 1955. Barry was a member of the Labor Party until March 1955, when he was expelled from the party as part of the Australian Labor Party split of 1955. He became, with Les Coleman in the Victorian Legislative Council, joint leader of the Australian Labor Party (Anti-Communist), a party that in 1957 became the Democratic Labor Party.[1][2]
Barry was educated at St Brigid's School, North Fitzroy, Victoria and at St George's School, Carlton. He was a tobacco worker and union official before entering Parliament, and was considered close to John Wren, the Victorian entrepreneur.[3]