George Henderson (Australian politician)

George Henderson
Senator for Western Australia
In office 1 April 1904 – 30 June 1923
Personal details
Born	(1857-08-19)19 August 1857 Clackmannanshire, Scotland
Died	21 January 1933(1933-01-21) (aged 75)
Nationality	Scottish Australian
Political party	Labor (1904–17) Nationalist (1917–23)
Occupation	Coal miner

Christopher George Henderson (19 August 1857 – 21 January 1933) was a Scottish-born Australian politician. Born in Clackmannanshire, he received a primary education before migrating to Australia in 1885. He was a coal miner in New South Wales and general secretary of the Illawarra Miners' Union. He moved to Western Australia around 1900, becoming a coal miner at Collie and serving on Collie Municipal Council. In 1903, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Labor Senator for Western Australia. He left the Labor Party in the wake of the 1916 split over conscription, joining the new Nationalist Party. He remained a Nationalist Senator until his defeat in 1922. Henderson died in 1933.^[1]

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