George Mitchell (Australian politician)

George Deane Mitchell (30 August 1894 – 11 January 1961) was an Australian politician and an Independent member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for a single term between 1941 and 1944.

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George Mitchell
Personal details
Born(1894-08-30)30 August 1894
near Jamestown, South Australia
Died11 January 1961(1961-01-11) (aged 66)
Sydney
Political partyIndependent

Early life

Mitchell was born in Caltowie near Jamestown, South Australia and was the son of a railway porter. He was educated in Adelaide and worked as a clerk in Therbarton until 1914. Mitchell enlisted in the First Australian Imperial Force at the outbreak of World War One and served in the Middle East and France between 1914 and 1919. He reached the rank of Lieutenant and was awarded the Military Cross and Distinguished Conduct Medal. In the inter-war period Mitchell was a member of the Citizens' Military Forces and re-enlisted in the Second Australian Imperial Force with the rank of Captain at the commencement of World War Two. He reached the rank of Major and commanded an amphibious landing force in the New Guinea Campaign. Mitchell had several other occupations including potato farming in Dorrigo, owning a motor garage and car sales agency and script writing for the Australian film industry. He was an office holder in the Returned Services League.[1]

State Parliament

Mitchell unsuccessfully contested the seat of Oxley as an Independent candidate at the 1938 state election. He was easily defeated by the United Australia Party incumbent member and Minister for Local Government and Public Works, Lewis Martin.[2] Mitchell reversed the result with a surprise victory in the landslide defeat of Alexander Mair's conservative coalition government at the 1941 election.[3] Mitchell was on extended leave from parliament due to active war service during much of the period following the election. The parliamentary convention was that members on active service were not opposed by candidates from major parties during elections. However, Les Jordan, a member of the Country Party and two other party members stood as "Independent Country" candidates. Jordan was victorious,[4] and immediately joined the Country Party caucus. Mitchell then retired from public life.[5]

gollark: Fewer eggs about maybe? Hard to say.
gollark: Using my patented ***ALGORITHM*** of basic statistics and wild guessing™.
gollark: That's basically what I said (the extra volume of halloween stuff mucks up the ratios).
gollark: Any opinions on my theory of what's going on with the pricing? Basically, I said that if extra dragons are introduced to the total but not the rest of the system (golds, whatever else), then rarer stuff's ratios will be affected more than common stuff, so the gold pricing goes crazy and nebulae stay the same.
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References
  1. "Mr George Deane Mitchell (1894–1961)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  2. Green, Antony. "1938 Oxley". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  3. Green, Antony. "1941 Oxley". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  4. Green, Antony. "1944 Oxley". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  5. "Manpower lack hits DP campaign". The Sydney Morning Herald. 1 May 1944. p. 4. Retrieved 11 January 2009 – via Trove.

 

New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Preceded by
Lewis Martin		 Member for Oxley
1941–1944		 Succeeded by
Les Jordan
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