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Life Summary

Name	Sir Billy Mackie Snedden
Born	30 December, 1926 Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Died	26 June, 1987 (aged 60) Rushcutters Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	heart disease
Cultural Heritage	Scottish Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Robinson, Eric Laidlaw (colleague) Lynch, Phillip Reginald (colleague) Oliver, Cecil Thompson (political adversary)
Education *	Highgate State School (Perth) (student, 1932-1938) Perth Boys' School (student, 1939-1942) Perth Technical College (student, 1942-1943) University of Western Australia (student, 1946-1949)
Occupation or Descriptor *	air force officer (1945-1945) Federal, Australia barrister (1955-1964) Victoria, Australia liberal/conservative politician (1955-1983) Federal, Australia Member of Lower House (1955-1983) Federal, Australia opposition leader (1972-1975) Federal, Australia liberal/conservative party organiser (1983-1987) Victoria, Australia
Military Service *	World War II (air force officer)
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (recipient, 1977)
Clubs *	Melbourne Scots club (member) Melbourne Scots club (vice-president)
Key Organisations *	Melbourne Football Club (member, ?-1987) Victorian Football League (director) Young Liberals (WA) (president) Young Liberals (national) (founding chairman, 1951) Melbourne Football Club (chair, 1980-1985) Charles Davis Ltd (company director, 1983) Greetings Group Ltd (company director, 1983) Group Property Services Ltd (company director, 1983) Harris Scarfe Ltd (company director, 1983) Mercedes-Benz (Australia) Pty Ltd (company director, 1983) Standard Chartered Australia Ltd (company director, 1983)
Workplaces *	Crown Solicitor's Office (federal) (public servant, 1944) Hardwick, Slattery & Gibson (employee, 1950-1951) Dept of Immigration (Federal) (public servant, 1952-1953) Parliament of Australia (House Reps - member, 1955-1983) Parliament of Australia (House Reps - Speaker, 1976-1983)

* Dates are approximate