Everything about Bill Neilson totally explained
William Arthur (Bill) Neilson AC (
August 27,
1925 –
November 9,
1989) was
Premier of Tasmania from
March 31,
1975 to
December 1,
1977. Born in
Hobart and educated at Ogilvie High School, Neilson became a clerk, and married Jill Benjamin, daughter of
Phyllis Benjamin, in
Melbourne in
1948, they'd one son Andrew and three daughters, Christine, Carol and Robin.
Neilson was elected to the
Tasmanian House of Assembly on
November 23,
1946 at the age of 21 – for many years he was the youngest MHA to be elected in Tasmania. He held various ministerial portfolios, from Tourism in 1956 to Attorney-General. He was Minister for Education for over ten years from 1958 to 1969, and again from 1972 to 1974. He was made Attorney-General again on
12 April 1974, and five days later was also made Deputy Premier, Police Minister and Environment Minister. When the Premier,
Eric Reece was forced to retire due to his age, Neilson was elected Tasmanian leader of the ALP, and Premier of Tasmania on
31 March 1975.
After his term as Premier, Neilson accepted the position as Agent-General for
Tasmania in
London. In the 1980s, he wrote as a theatre critic for
The Mercury newspaper in Hobart.
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