William Francis Willesee was an Australian politician who served as a Labor Party member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1954 to 1974.
10 Facts About Bill Willesee
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Bill Willesee was a minister in the government of John Tonkin.
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Bill Willesee's father ran for parliament unsuccessfully on three occasions in the 1920s, while his younger brother, Don Willesee, was a senator.
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Bill Willesee was employed as a clerk by the Carnarvon Municipality from 1936 to 1942, and then joined the Volunteer Defence Corps, working as a pay clerk.
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Bill Willesee was involved with both the Clerks' Union and the Australian Workers' Union.
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At the 1954 Legislative Council election, Bill Willesee won election to North Province, joining two other Labor MPs in the three-member constituency.
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Bill Willesee was re-elected in 1960, but North Province was reduced to two members at the 1965 state election, and he consequently transferred to the new North-East Metropolitan Province.
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In July 1966, Bill Willesee replaced Frank Wise as leader of the Labor Party in the Legislative Council.
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Bill Willesee held both positions until February 1973, when he resigned them due to ill health.
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Bill Willesee died in Perth on August 18,2000, aged 88.