In 1945 and 1946 Duthie was directly involved with Australian rules football in the town.

He was secretary of the Latrobe Football Club as well as playing senior games for it in the NWFU competition.

[1] In 1946, Gil Duthie was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Labor member for Wilmot, defeating sitting Liberal MP Allan Guy.

He held the seat until 1975, when he was defeated by Liberal candidate Max Burr.

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