William Fell

Background

Fell was born at Elleray Villa, Rosneath, Dunbartonshire, Scotland and educated at Dollar Academy and Graham"s Academy, Greenock, Scotland. After his father"s death, they migrated with their mother, reaching Sydney in 1879.

Career

Fell stood for election as an Independent Liberal to the seat of Middle Harbour in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly in 1907 and 1913.

Achievements

• He set up as a broker and then had mixed success as a shipping and coal contractor, but had achieved success by the outbreak of World War I. He married Emma Catherine Bain in September 1889. In 1922, he won North Shore as an independent coalition candidate, which he held until his resignation in 1927 to contest a by-election for the federal seat of Warringah.