George Alexander Cruickshank (1853 – 12 April 1904) was an Australian politician. Year 1853 ( MDCCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 467 - Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Born near Dubbo, New South Wales, he attended Collegiate School in Bathurst, and was a grazier in northern New South Wales from 1878. Dubbo is a city in the Central West Region of New South Wales, Australia. Bathurst is a regional centre in the state of New South Wales, Australia approximately 200km west of Sydney and is the seat of the Bathurst Regional Council In 1889 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the member for Inverell, a position he held until 1898. The Legislative Assembly, or lower house is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of New South Wales. Inverell was a former electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1880 and including In the first federal election in 1901, Cruickshank was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as a Protectionist, representing the seat of Gwydir. Background Following the federation of 1856 - New South Wales, Tasmania and Victoria 1857 - South Australia The House of Representatives is one of the two houses (chambers of the Parliament of Australia; it is the Lower house, the Upper house being the Senate The Protectionist Party was an Australian political party formally organised from 1889 until 1909 with policies centred on Protectionism. The Division of Gwydir was an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. He retired in 1903, and died in 1904. [1]
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- ^ Carr, Adam (2008). Australian Election Archive. Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved on 2008-06-07. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1099 - The First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins
| Parliament of Australia | ||
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| Preceded by New seat |
Member for Gwydir 1901 – 1903 |
Succeeded by William Webster |
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| NAME | Cruickshank, George Alexander |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Australian politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1853 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | near Dubbo, New South Wales |
| DATE OF DEATH | 12 April 1904 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
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