George Simpson (Queensland politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Queensland politician
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Place of Birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
About George Simpson (Queensland politician)
- George Morris Simpson (7 May 1840 – 22 August 1919) was an Australian politician. He was born in Sydney to George Thorant Simpson, an accountant, and Ruth Francis.
- Brought up by long-serving New South Wales politician Sir John Hay, he attended Sydney Grammar School before moving to Queensland to farm.
- On 10 November 1875 he married Emily Ellen Vaughan Jenkins, with whom he would have nine children.
- He was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly in 1878 as the member for Dalby, and he served until 1882.
- He was also a candidate for the New South Wales seat of New England at the first federal election.Simpson died in 1919 in Sydney and was buried at Waverley Cemetery.
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