Laurence John Tully was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly

New South Wales Legislative Assembly

The Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The other chamber is the Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney...

  from 1946 until 1965. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party

Australian Labor Party

The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...

 (ALP) .

Tully was born in Sydney, New South Wales and was the son of Jack Tully

Jack Tully

John Moran "Jack" Tully was an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1925 to 1932 and from 1935 to 1946....

 the member for Goulburn

Electoral district of Goulburn

Goulburn is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Pru Goward of the Liberal Party of Australia....

 in the Legislative Assembly between 1925 and 1946. He was educated at St Patrick's College, Goulburn

St Patrick's College, Goulburn

St Patrick's College, Goulburn was an independent, Roman Catholic, day and boarding school for boys located in Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia. It was one of the earliest schools established by the Christian Brothers in Australia. It is also a school which has a significant Rugby Union...

 and the Law Faculty of the University of Sydney

University of Sydney

The University of Sydney is a public university located in Sydney, New South Wales. The main campus spreads across the suburbs of Camperdown and Darlington on the southwestern outskirts of the Sydney CBD. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and Oceania...

. He was called to the bar in 1942. During World War Two, he served with the Royal Australian Air Force

Royal Australian Air Force

The Royal Australian Air Force is the air force branch of the Australian Defence Force. The RAAF was formed in March 1921. It continues the traditions of the Australian Flying Corps , which was formed on 22 October 1912. The RAAF has taken part in many of the 20th century's major conflicts...

. After an unsuccessful campaign in the seat of Temora

Electoral district of Temora

Temora was an electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian State of New South Wales from 1927 to 1981, including the town of Temora.-Members for Temora:...

 in 1944, Tully was elected to the parliament as the Labor member for Goulburn

Electoral district of Goulburn

Goulburn is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Pru Goward of the Liberal Party of Australia....

 at the 1946 by-election caused by the resignation of his father. Tully retained the seat for the Labor Party at the next 6 elections and retired from public life at the 1965

New South Wales state election, 1965

The 1965 New South Wales state election was held on 1 May 1965. It was conducted in single member constituencies with compulsory preferential voting and was held on boundaries created at a 1961 redistribution...

election. He later became a company director. He was briefly the Acting Chairman of Committees but did not hold any other party, parliamentary or ministerial office.