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The Hon. George CANN (1871 - 1948)
- Date of Birth: 29/05/1871
- Place of Birth: Shankhouse, Northumberland, England
- Date of Death: 18/10/1948
- Place of Death: Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia
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Parliamentary Service
| Position | Start | End | Period | Parliament | Notes |
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| Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly | 10 Oct 1914 | 7 Sep 1927 | 12yr(s) 10mth(s) 29day(s) | | |
| Member for Canterbury | 10 Oct 1914 | 21 Feb 1917 | 2yr(s) 4mth(s) 12day(s) | 23rd (1913 - 1917) |  |
| Member for Canterbury | 24 Mar 1917 | 18 Feb 1920 | 2yr(s) 10mth(s) 26day(s) | 24th (1917 - 1920) | |
| Member for St George | 20 Mar 1920 | 17 Feb 1922 | 1yr(s) 10mth(s) 29day(s) | 25th (1920 - 1922) | |
| Member for St George | 25 Mar 1922 | 18 Apr 1925 | 3yr(s) 25day(s) | 26th (1922 - 1925) | |
| Member for St George | 30 May 1925 | 7 Sep 1927 | 2yr(s) 3mth(s) 9day(s) | 27th (1925 - 1927) | |
| Secretary for Mines and Minister for Labour and Industry | 13 Apr 1920 | 10 Oct 1921 | 1yr(s) 5mth(s) 28day(s) | | |
| Secretary for Mines and Minister for Local Government | 10 Oct 1921 | 20 Dec 1921 | 2mth(s) 11day(s) | | |
| Minister for Local Government | 17 Jun 1925 | 24 Mar 1926 | 9mth(s) 8day(s) | | |
| Minister for Public Health | 17 Jun 1925 | 26 May 1927 | 1yr(s) 11mth(s) 10day(s) | | |
| Acting Minister for Labour and Industry | 8 Mar 1927 | 26 May 1927 | 2mth(s) 19day(s) | | |
| The Governor's Opening Speech Committee No. 1 | 15 Jun 1915 | 13 Apr 1916 | 9mths 30days | 23rd (1913 - 1917) | |
| Library Committee No. 6 | 2 Jul 1915 | 13 Apr 1916 | 9mths 12days | 23rd (1913 - 1917) | |
| Military and Naval Hospital Home Bill Committee No. 9 | 22 Jul 1915 | 13 Apr 1916 | 8mths 23days | 23rd (1913 - 1917) | |
| Application of Micheal Devitt for a Mining Lease at the Peaks Committee No. 11 | 10 Aug 1915 | 13 Apr 1916 | 8mths 4days | 23rd (1913 - 1917) | |
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Political Party Activity
Australian Labor Party (ALP). Member of central executive 1915 - 1916; whip 1918 - 1920; on committee of ALP Returned Soldiers and Sailors Political League in 1919; expelled from the ALP in 1927; stood for the Nationalist Party in 1930.
Community Activity
Commissioned as a Justice of the Peace in 1913
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Miner. Educated at national school in Cramlington, England. At age eleven worked at Hartford Colliery. Member of Northumberland Miners' Association; arrived in New South Wales in 1900, worked in western coalfields, including Oakey Park Mine at Lithgow; president of the Western Miners Association from 1905 until 1907; trustee of the National Park, president in 1932; director of Prince Alfred Hospital from 1922 until 1927; Freemason
Military Service
Served in the Australian Infantry Forces from 1916 until 1917, 30th Battalion, Sergeant
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Member of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia. Member of the House of Representatives for Nepean 1910 - 1913.
Local Government Activity
Alderman at Lithgow 1910 - 1913
Personal
Son of Richard Cann, miner, and Rebecca Sowden. Married Catherine Roberts on 8 March 1890 and had issue, 1 daughter and 1 son. Methodist. Burial in Methodist cemetery at Homebush.
Additional Information
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