[2][4] Wright holds the record in the Australian Parliament for "crossing the floor" to vote against his own party, which he did 150 times.

In retirement he returned to a farm near the farmhouse in Castra where he had been born and died there; he was accorded a State Funeral in Ulverstone, Tasmania.

[3] His younger brother, Emeritus Professor Sir Douglas Wright AK was Chancellor of the University of Melbourne.

[8] His older brother, John Forsyth Wright was a Member of the House of Assembly in the Parliament of Tasmania.

[9] His younger brother, emeritus Professor Sir Douglas Wright AK was Chancellor of the University of Melbourne.