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George Winter (Australian politician)

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George Winter (1815 – 14 September 1879)[1][2] was a pastoralist and politician in colonial Victoria, a member of the Victorian Legislative Council.[1]

Early life

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Winter was born in Oakley Park, King's county, Ireland,[2] the son of Samuel Pratt Winter and Frances Rosa, née Bamford.[1]

Colonial Australia

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Winter arrived in the Port Phillip District in August 1837.[1] On 2 June 1853 Winter was elected to the unicameral Victorian Legislative Council for Villiers and Heytesbury.[3] Winter held this position until resigning in August 1854.[1]

Winter died in Levuka, Fiji on 14 September 1879;[2] he had earlier married Elizabeth Cox.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Winter, George". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "Deaths". The Sydney Morning Herald. 20 October 1879. p. 1 – via Trove.
  3. ^ Labilliere, Francis Peter (1878). "Early History of the Colony of Victoria". Retrieved 20 July 2014.

 

Victorian Legislative Council
New seat Member for Villiers and Heytesbury
June 1853 – August 1854
With: William Rutledge 1853–54
Claud Farie 1854
Succeeded by