George Roberts (Western Australian politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Place of Birth: Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia
About George Roberts (Western Australian politician)
- George Frederick Roberts (2 February 1913 – 22 July 1962) was an Australian politician who was a Liberal Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1955 until his death, representing the seat of Bunbury. Roberts was born in Bunbury, and attended Bunbury High School.
- After leaving school, he worked as a livestock auctioneer.
- He enlisted in the Australian Army in November 1939, and served as a lieutenant with the 2/11th and 2/33rd Battalions in Europe.
- After being discharged in 1944, Roberts returned to Bunbury, where he became the managing director of a local department store, Haywards.
- A founding member of the Liberal Party, he was elected to parliament at the 1955 Bunbury by-election, caused by the death of the sitting Labor member, Frank Guthrie.
- He was re-elected three times (in 1956, 1959, and 1962), but, like his predecessor, died in office.
- Roberts had married Dorothy Harriet Christey in 1951, with whom he had three children.
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