George Hodges Knox, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Australian politician
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Place of Birth: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
About George Hodges Knox
- Sir George Hodges Knox, (17 December 1885 – 11 July 1960) was an Australian politician, orchardist and military officer.
- The City of Knox is named after him. Knox was born in the Melbourne suburb of Prahran on 17 December 1885 and educated at Scotch College, Melbourne.
- He was the son of William Knox, who had been a member of the Victorian Legislative Council between 1897 and 1901, and the member for Kooyong in the House of Representatives.Knox began his working life as an electrical engineer.
- He married Kathleen Purves MacPherson in 1909.
- Soon after, he moved to Beaconsfield, Victoria, to establish an orchard.
- He joined the Citizen Military Forces in 1909 and served during the First World War, commanding the 23rd Battalion.
- He divorced in 1919.
- In 1920 he moved to Ferntree Gully, Victoria.
- He married Ada Victoria Harris in 1921.
- He was elected to the Fern Tree Gully Shire Council in 1923.Knox won the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat for Upper Yarra in 1927 for the Nationalist Party.
- He became Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly in 1942 and remained there until 1947.
- Between 1945 and 1960 he held the seat of Scoresby.
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