George Roberts (Western Australian politician)
George Roberts | |
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Member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia |
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In office 29 October 1955 – 22 July 1962 |
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Preceded by | Frank Guthrie |
Succeeded by | Maurice Williams |
Constituency | Bunbury |
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Born | Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia |
2 February 1913
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
Political party | Liberal |
George Frederick Roberts (2 February 1913 – 22 July 1962) was an Australian politician who was a Liberal Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1955 until his death, representing the seat of Bunbury.
Roberts was born in Bunbury, and attended Bunbury High School. After leaving school, he worked as a livestock auctioneer. He enlisted in the Australian Army in November 1939, and served as a lieutenant with the 2/11th and 2/33rd Battalions in Europe. After being discharged in 1944, Roberts returned to Bunbury, where he became the managing director of a local department store, Haywards.[1] A founding member of the Liberal Party, he was elected to parliament at the 1955 Bunbury by-election, caused by the death of the sitting Labor member, Frank Guthrie.[2] He was re-elected three times, but, like his predecessor, died in office.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 George Frederick Roberts – Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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Preceded by | Member for Bunbury 1955–1962 |
Succeeded by Maurice Williams |
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