George Gibbons

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George Albert Gibbons (1887 – 11 August 1954) was an Australian politician. Born in Tichborne, New South Wales, he received a primary education before becoming a farm labourer and then a farmer. He was secretary of the Rural Workers Union, and later an organiser of the Australian Workers' Union. In 1929, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Labor member for Calare, defeating Nationalist minister Sir Neville Howse. He held the seat until Labor's landslide defeat in 1931, when he was defeated by Harold Thorby of the Country Party. He returned to farming and died in 1956.^[1]

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Parliament of Australia
Preceded by Neville Howse	Member for Calare 1929 – 1931	Succeeded by Harold Thorby

Persondata
NAME	Gibbons, George Albert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Australian politician
DATE OF BIRTH	1887
PLACE OF BIRTH	Tichborne, New South Wales
DATE OF DEATH	11 August 1956
PLACE OF DEATH