George Georges

George Georges (born George Georgouras; 15 April 1920 – 23 September 2002) was a Labor senator for Queensland from 1968 to 1986, and independent senator from 1986 to 1987.

George Georges
Senator for Queensland
In office
1 July 1968 – 5 June 1987
Personal details
Born
George Georgouras

(1920-04-15)15 April 1920
Darwin, Northern Territory
Died23 September 2002(2002-09-23) (aged 82)
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
NationalityAustralian
Political partyLabor (1968–86)
Independent (1986–87)

Educated at Brisbane State High School, Georges later received further education at Brisbane North TAFE in business management. Georges was a humanist and left-wing socialist jailed several times by the Queensland state government of Joh Bjelke-Petersen in the 1970s and 1980s, including the SEQEB strike dispute, as a consequence of his activities in promoting what he saw as civil liberties and workers' rights.

In 1986 he resigned from the Labor Party to vote against the Australia Card legislation.[1] From 15 December 1986 he served as a senate independent after quitting the ALP. He stood as an independent candidate for the Senate at the 1987 election, but failed to get re-elected, receiving 1.8% of the Queensland vote.

He died in Canberra on 23 September 2002 after a long illness.[2]

References
  1. Condolences, Robert Hill, Hansard, Parliament of Australia
  2. George Georges a fighter for socialist principles Archived 9 September 2012 at Archive.today GreenLeft


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.