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Place of Birth: Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia
About Max Willis
- Max Frederick Willis, (born 6 December 1935) is a former Australian politician and senior Army Reserve officer.
- He was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1970 to 1999.
- His brother Sir Eric Willis was briefly Premier of New South Wales in 1976. Born in Murwillumbah, Willis was the son of Archibald Clarence Willis, a butter factory hand, and Vida Buttenshaw.
- He was educated at Murwillumbah High School and then received a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Sydney in 1957.
- Following his admission as a solicitor in 1958, Willis became a partner with Serisier, Willis and Bowring in Miranda until 1971.
- On 8 August 1970 he married Wendy Patricia Booth, with whom he had four children.
- Willis had joined the Citizen Military Forces in 1953, and was involved in the Army Reserve for thirty years, attaining the rank of brigadier.
- For his military service, Willis was awarded the Reserve Force Decoration (RFD) and the Efficiency Decoration (ED) by the Australian Government, and the Cross of Solomon Islands (CSI).
- He was also awarded with the Centenary Medal on 1 January 2001, and the National Medal with clasp on 24 October 2001.In 1970 Willis was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council.
- He was Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Council from 1977 to 1978 and Leader from 1978 to 1981.
- In 1991 he was elected President of the Council, succeeding Johno Johnson who had been President since 1978.
- Willis was forced to resign as the President and from the house when, under the influence of alcohol, he was unable to control proceedings during voting on a motion to dismiss Supreme Court Justice Vince Bruce.
- He was replaced by Virginia Chadwick in 1998 and retired from politics in 1999.
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