Neil O'Sullivan

Neil O'Sullivan
The Honourable
Sir Neil O'Sullivan
KBE
Senator for Queensland
In office
1 July 1947 – 30 June 1962
Personal details
Born 2 August 1900(1900-08-02)
Toowong, Queensland
Died 4 July 1968(1968-07-04) (aged 67)
Sydney
Nationality Australian
Political party Liberal Party of Australia
Spouse(s) Jessie Margaret Mary McEncroe
Occupation Solicitor

Sir Michael Neil O'Sullivan KBE (2 August 1900 – 4 July 1968) was an Australian politician and lawyer.

O'Sullivan was born in the Brisbane suburb of Toowong and educated at Taringa State School and St. Joseph's Nudgee College and was admitted as a solicitor in December 1922. In April 1929, he married Jessie Margaret Mary McEncroe. He ran unsuccessfully for the House of Representatives seat of Brisbane in 1934 and the Queensland Legislative Assembly seat of Windsor in 1941. He was president of the Brisbane Chamber of Commerce from 1936 to 1937 and the Property Owners' Protection Association from 1937 to 1938. He served in the Royal Australian Air Force from May 1942 to December 1944, performing intelligence and administration in Australia and the South-West Pacific.[1]

Political career

O'Sullivan won a seat in the Senate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the 1946 election and was one of only three non-Labor members in the Senate. Following the 1949 election, he became leader of the government in the Senate and he was appointed Minister for Trade and Customs in the Menzies government. He was appointed Minister for the Navy in January 1956. In August 1956, he was appointed Attorney-General following the resignation of John Spicer and in October 1956, he was appointed Vice-President of the Executive Council following the resignation of Eric Harrison, but he retired from the ministry in 1958. He did not stand for re-election at the 1961 election.[1]

O'Sullivan died unexpectedly of a coronary occlusion while visiting Sydney, survived by his wife and two sons. He was made Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1959.[1]

Notes

Political offices
Preceded by
Ben Courtice
Minister for Trade and Customs
1949–56
Succeeded by
John McEwen
Preceded by
Eric Harrison
Minister for the Navy
1956
Succeeded by
Charles Davidson
Preceded by
John Spicer
Attorney-General
1956–58
Succeeded by
Garfield Barwick
Preceded by
Eric Harrison
Vice-President of the Executive Council
1956–58
Succeeded by
Bill Spooner
Party political offices
Vacant
Title last held by
George McLeay
Leader of the Liberal Party in the Senate
1949–56
Succeeded by
Bill Spooner

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