Wellington Lee

Wellington Lee, AM OBE (17 September 1925 – 25 December 2022) was an Australian politician and pharmacist who served as the Deputy Lord Mayor of Melbourne from 1999 to 2000.[1]

Life and career

Lee was born on 17 September 1925,[2] in Darwin in the Northern Territory, and attended Darwin Public School, Longreach State School, Ingham Rural School, Toowoomba Grammar School and finally the Victorian College of Pharmacy. He worked as a pharmacist from 1950. From 1978 to 1980 he was commissioner of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works, and was a Melbourne City Councillor from 1977 to 1990 and from 1996 to 2001, serving as Deputy Lord Mayor for some of that period.[3]

Lee contested three federal elections: in 1974, contesting Kooyong for the Labor Party; in 1998, as third on the Unity Party's Senate ticket; and in 2001 at the top of the Unity ticket. He was unsuccessful on all of these occasions.

Lee died on 25 December 2022, at the age of 97.[4][5]

Awards
  • 1982 Order of the British Empire[6]
  • 1993 National Medal[7]
  • 1994 Medal of the Order of Australia[8]
  • 2003 Member of the Order of Australia[9]

References
  1. Trove - interview summary
  2. Austral-Asian Who's Who. Oriental Publications. 1991. p. 627. ISBN 9780646031903. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  3. "Lee, Wellington". Who's Who in Australia. Retrieved 30 September 2011. (password required)
  4. "Wellington Lee". Deaths & Funerals. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  5. "Wellington Lee has passed away aged 97. Lee was a long serving city councillor, deputy Lord Mayor, pharmacist, RAAF Officer and RSL Exec member". Nicholas Reece on Twitter. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  6. It's an Honour - OBE
  7. It's an Honour - medal
  8. It's an Honour - OAM
  9. It's an Honour - AM


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