George Winter (Australian politician)
George Winter (1815 – 14 September 1879)[1][2] was a pastoralist and politician in colonial Victoria, a member of the Victorian Legislative Council.[1]
Early life[edit]
Winter was born in Oakley Park, King's county, Ireland,[2] the son of Samuel Pratt Winter and Frances Rosa, née Bamford.[1]
Colonial Australia[edit]
Winter arrived in the Port Phillip District in August 1837.[1] On 2 June 1853 Winter was elected to the unicameral Victorian Legislative Council for Villiers and Heytesbury.[3] Winter held this position until resigning in August 1854.[1]
Winter died in Levuka, Fiji on 14 September 1879;[2] he had earlier married Elizabeth Cox.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f "Winter, George". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023.
- ^ a b c "Deaths". The Sydney Morning Herald. 20 October 1879. p. 1 – via Trove.
- ^ Labilliere, Francis Peter (1878). "Early History of the Colony of Victoria". Retrieved 20 July 2014.