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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Winter, George". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Deaths". The Sydney Morning Herald (National Library of Australia). 20 October 1879. p. 1.
- ↑ Labilliere, Francis Peter (1878). "Early History of the Colony of Victoria" II. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
Victorian Legislative Council | ||
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New seat | Member for Villiers and Heytesbury June 1853 – August 1854 With: William Rutledge 1853–54 Claud Farie 1854 |
Succeeded by William Forlonge |