Sir Wallace "Wally" Alexander Ramsay Rae (31 March 1913—18 March 2006) was a member of the Queensland Parliament and served in various State Government ministries. Rae worked as a stock and station agent before serving as a bomber pilot in World War II. After the war, he brought a property located between Blackall

Blackall, Queensland

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 and Isisford

Isisford, Queensland

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He entered the Queensland Parliament sitting as a member of the Country Party

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 in 1956. During his long career in Parliament, he held several ministerial positions including Minister for Local Government and Electricity and Minister for Lands and Forestry. He was later appointed Queensland'a Agent-General in London.

In the Queen's Birthday Honours of 1976, he was made a knight bachelor

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He died in Port Macquarie, New South Wales

New South Wales

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, on 18 March 2006.