Bill McCarthy
Male, Deceased Person
1923 – 1987
Who was Bill McCarthy?
William John Patrick "Bill" McCarthy was an Australian politician. He was a Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, representing Armidale from 1978 to 1981, and Northern Tablelands from 1981 to 1987.
McCarthy married Thelma on 8 March 1945, with whom he would have three children. He served as a flying officer in the RAAF before becoming a grazier in 1959. From 1970 to 1978 he was a field officer with the Community Development and Extension Division.
In 1978, McCarthy was the Labor candidate for the Country Party-held state seat of Armidale; he narrowly defeated sitting MP David Leitch to win the seat. In 1981 the seat was abolished, and McCarthy contested the new seat of Northern Tablelands, which was essentially a merger of the old seats of Armidale and Tenterfield. Although the new seat had a notional National Country Party majority, McCarthy was elected. McCarthy died in 1987 while still the MP; in the resulting by-election, his wife Thelma was defeated by National Party candidate Ray Chappell.
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