Keith Wolahan (Menzies, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

My friend Bruce Jellis passed away on 8 November. Bruce was husband to wife Julie, father to Ben, Kim and Beau and grandfather to Ollie, Emmy, Louis, Oscar, Otis and Odette. Each of them loved him, and he will be dearly missed.

I looked at my final messages with Bruce, and every single one from him, bar one, finished with 'Love Brucie'. The only one that didn't was from the moment my election was declared, which simply said: 'Well done—yubba dubba doo!' I'm sure he would be chuffed that this is now in Hansard.

My memories of Bruce will be of a man who loved time away with his family, including over many summers in Merimbula. My memories will be of a man who was engaged in politics and our community, often between study sessions on his kitchen table. My memories will be of a man who was incredibly proud of his family and their successes, including my friend Ben Jellis, who excelled at school, went to Oxford and later joined me at the Victorian Bar. Bruce was kind, hardworking, generous and loving, and the measure of his legacy will be his wonderful family, who I am proud to call my friends. Rest in peace, Brucie.