About Ray Williams

RAY WILLIAMS IS NOT YOUR AVERAGE POLITICAL ASPIRANT.

Now a senior citizen born and raised in Northern Victoria with a desire to help Australians through politics coming from parents who were very community minded people serving various non profit  organizations over their life times.

Our family members have been and continue to be true Aussie patriots with father Frank Williams serving in the R.A.A.F for five years in the second world war and Uncle Steve Kilpatrick lossing his life in an aircraft crash whilst on patrol duties in Northern Queensland in 1941.

Whilst not enjoying school very much (not a great scholar) focused on the long game and have always tried hard and was employed with the national Australia Bank from 1966 to 1988 starting out as a Junior officer and worked through all the positions to become a Bank manager with this employment though out country Victoria plus some years in Melbourne and Tasmania.

As a family unit with wife Lesley sons Peter and Adam commenced a family hardware business in New Norfolk in 1988 and due to much hard work by family and staff over thirty four years have created two very successful business operations these being Williams Mitre 10 and Williams Outdoors/New Norfolk with this creating employment for some forty people.

In the past other work and social experiences for Ray has seen a term on a Mitre 10 board for three years, a Derwent Valley Councillor for twelve years,past chair of the New Norfolk Chamber of Commerce and New Norfolk Business Alliance combined for twenty years,past President of the Hobart Sporting Car Club for six years and a thirty five year involvement with local shotgun Clubs as President and or other committee positions.

A very important reason for this success is that Lesley and Ray have been married forty seven years and over this time have worked long and hard to do well and set a good example to our children, grandchildren and customers of the Derwent Valley.

Finally, the following are important values to Ray :

• If possible, work as a family unit (like good ethnic families do) as this can be very beneficial in many ways
• Not born with a silver spoon simply raised well by parents and knew from an early age that to work hard should ensure success
• Not wanting to enter a political life for ego,power or money and could actually retire however want to help Australia through the economic and social mess that we are in
• Important to elect successful business people who are grounded and not funded by a large political donor