George Georges, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Australian politician
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Place of Birth: Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
About George Georges
- George Georges (born George Georgouras; 15 April 1920 – 23 September 2002) was a Labor senator for Queensland from 1968 to 1986.
- From 15 December 1986 he served as a senate independent after quitting the ALP.
- He was defeated at the 1987 election. Educated at Brisbane State High School, Georges later received further education at Brisbane North TAFE in business management.
- Georges was a humanist and left-wing socialist jailed several times by the Queensland state government of Joh Bjelke-Petersen in the 1970s and 1980s, as a consequence of his activities in promoting what he saw as civil liberties and workers' rights. He died in Canberra on 23 September 2002 after a long illness.
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