George Winter (Australian politician)

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

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

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

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Winter, George". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria.
  2. 1 2 3 "Deaths". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 20 October 1879. p. 1.
  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
William Forlonge
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