George Farrell (politician)

George Farrell
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Rockhampton
In office
17 February 1923 – 11 May 1929
Preceded byFrank Forde
Succeeded byThomas Dunlop
Personal details
Born
George Pritchard Farrell

(1895-12-29)29 December 1895
Eidsvold, Queensland, Australia
Died25 July 1966(1966-07-25) (aged 70)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Political partyLabor
SpouseGrace Katherine Barton (d.1939)
RelationsDavid Farrell (brother)
OccupationSchool teacher

George Pritchard Farrell (29 December 1895 – 25 July 1966) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]

Biography

Farrell was born in Eidsvold, Queensland, the son of Joseph Farrell and his wife Mary (née McLachlan) and educated at the Howard State School. He later became a school teacher at Howard and the Master of Central Boys' School in Rockhampton.

He was married to Grace Katherine Barton and died in July 1966.[1]

His brother David Farrell was also a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

Public career

Farrell was nominated by the Labor to be their candidate at the by-election to replace the previous member, future Prime Minister of Australia, Frank Forde, who had resigned to contest the 1922 federal election. Farrell won an intense and bitter campaign, defeating the United Party candidate, Mr W. Charlton and the independent National candidate, Mr C. Iredale.[2]

During his time in parliament he was a very capable speaker, and according to James Larcombe, had never known any member of Parliament to show greater promise than George Farrell.[3] He lost his seat at the 1929 Queensland state election to the independent, Thomas Dunlop.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  2. ^ "THE BY-ELECTION". Morning Bulletin. No. 18, 167. Queensland, Australia. 19 February 1923. p. 8. Retrieved 12 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ Motion of Condolence Archived 5 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine – Hansard. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  4. ^ "ROCKHAMPTON". Morning Bulletin. No. 20, [?]44. Queensland, Australia. 13 May 1929. p. 8. Retrieved 12 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by Member for Rockhampton
1923–1929 		Succeeded by