George Dunn (Australian politician)

George Dunn
Personal details
Born George Alexander Dunn
(1859-03-27)27 March 1859
Macclesfield, South Australia
Died 18 July 1925(1925-07-18) (aged 66)
Summertown, South Australia
Political party United Labor Party then National Party
Spouse(s) Kate Lindsay Wood[1] (1864–1943)[2]
Parents Thomas Dunn and Jane Dunn (nee Spiers)
Nickname(s) David[1]

George Alexander Dunn (27 March 1859 – 18 July 1925) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly multi-member seat of Murray from 1915 to 1918, when his colleagues were Maurice Parish and Harry D. Young. He was elected as a member of the United Labor Party, but joined the National Party in 1917.[3][4]

He was born at Macclesfield, South Australia, to Thomas (died before 1889) and his wife Jane Dunn (c. 1824 – October 1916), and served an apprenticeship as a carpenter. At the age of 14 he moved to Strathalbyn, and later to Adelaide. He spent some years in Victoria where he married Kate Lindsay Wood (daughter of Henry Wood, Melbourne) on 9 October 1889 at the Collins Street Congregational Church.[1] He then returned to South Australia, settling in Summertown, where he was an orchardist. He served as a District Council of East Torrens councillor, and served a term as chairman. He was a member of the Summertown Institute and served as secretary and president, and was a trustee of the Agricultural and Horticultural Society.[5]

He was not closely related to any of the other Dunns in South Australian politics or the early settler Dunns of SA.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Family Notices". South Australian Chronicle. XXXII, (1,631). South Australia. 23 November 1889. p. 4. Retrieved 27 March 2016 via National Library of Australia.
  2. "Family Notices". The Advertiser (Adelaide). LXXXVI, (26487). South Australia. 26 August 1943. p. 6. Retrieved 27 March 2016 via National Library of Australia.
  3. George Dunn: SA Parliament
  4. "Obituary". The Register (Adelaide). XC, (26,384). South Australia. 20 July 1925. p. 6. Retrieved 20 March 2016 via National Library of Australia.
  5. "Obituary". Observer. LXXXII, (6,078). South Australia. 25 July 1925. p. 43. Retrieved 22 March 2016 via National Library of Australia.
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