George Dunn (Australian politician)
George Dunn | |
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Personal details | |
Born |
George Alexander Dunn 27 March 1859 Macclesfield, South Australia |
Died |
18 July 1925 66) Summertown, South Australia | (aged
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 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.
- ↑ "Family Notices". The Advertiser (Adelaide). LXXXVI, (26487). South Australia. 26 August 1943. p. 6. Retrieved 27 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ George Dunn: SA Parliament
- ↑ "Obituary". The Register (Adelaide). XC, (26,384). South Australia. 20 July 1925. p. 6. Retrieved 20 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Obituary". Observer. LXXXII, (6,078). South Australia. 25 July 1925. p. 43. Retrieved 22 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.