Hamilton ANA Branch No.32. He was elected to the Board of Directors at Bairnsdale Conference in 1923, and elected Chief President at Sorrento Annual Conference in 1926. Bill was later a member of Essendon North Branch No.308. Bill was honorary solicitor for ANA from 1933 for a very long time. He was a long standing member of Victorian Parliament. He represented ANA’s position on immigration in Parliament in 1958 Family and Sport On 19th December 1923 he married Mary Gordon, aged 26, who was a senior botany demonstrator at The University of Melbourne. They had a daughter and 2 sons. As a young man he was a keen sportsman in football and long distance open water swimming. He was a Trustee of the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) for 30 years and a Vice President of the Essendon Football Club (VFL) and he was involved in many community activities. Death Slater died in 1960 of a heart attack in South Melbourne. He was survived by his wife and three children. References 1890 births 1960 deaths Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly Members of the Victorian Legislative Council Speakers of the Victorian Legislative Assembly Australian military personnel of World War I Ambassadors of Australia to the Soviet Union Australian people of Irish descent Attorneys-General of Victoria Solicitors-General of Victoria Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria 20th-century Australian politicians People from Prahran, Victoria Politicians from Melbourne Victorian Ministers for Agriculture