George Lawson (Australian politician)
- George Lawson (Australian politician)
George Lawson (14 August 1880 – 25 November 1966) was an Australian trade union official and politician.
Lawson was born in South Pine River, near Caboolture, Queensland and educated at Warner State School. He fought in the Boer War South Africa with the 5th (Queensland Imperial Bushmen) Contingent in 1901-02 and was mentioned in dispatches. He married Rebecca Jane Buchanan in 1907 and they had two sons but she died in 1918. In 1907, he helped founded the "Brisbane Trolleymen, Draymen and Carter's Union" and was elected its secretary in 1908. The union later became the Carters and Drivers' Union and in 1912 he was elected its general secretary, a position he held fro almost twenty years. He was president of the Trades and Labour Council of Queensland in 1924 and 1927.[Australian Dictionary of Biography]
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accessdate=2007-11-05] Political career
Lawson was elected an alderman of the Windsor Town Council from 1916 to 1921 and appointed as an Australian Labor Party to the Queensland Legislative Council in 1919, and helped bring about its abolition in 1922. He was elected the member for Brisbane in the Australian House of Representatives in the 1931 elections. In 1935 he married Kathleen Lally. With the election of the Curtin government in 1941 he became Minister for Transport, but lost his position in the ministry after the 1943 elections. After Labor's defeat in 1949 elections, he was a strong supporter of H. V. Evatt and opponent of both communists and "groupers".Lawson retired from parliament in 1961. He died at his home in the Brisbane suburb of Ashgrove, survived by his wife and the sons of his first marriage.Notes
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NAME = Lawson, George
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SHORT DESCRIPTION = Australian trade union official and politician
DATE OF BIRTH = 14 August 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH = South Pine River, near Caboolture, Queensland
DATE OF DEATH = 25 November 1966
PLACE OF DEATH = Ashgrove, Queensland
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