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Former Member Details

Mr George Henry Gisborne VARLEY (1852 - 1936)

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Date of Birth: 07/04/1852
Place of Birth: London, England
Date of Death: 28/04/1936
Place of Death: Bellevue Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
Position Start End Period Notes
Member of the NSW Legislative Council 17 Jul 1917 22 Apr 1934 16 years 9 months 6 days Life Appointment under the Constitution Act. Date of Writ of Summons 6 May 1917. Granted retention of title of 'Honourable' for life.
Political Party Activity
National Party.
Community Activity
Commissioned as a Justice of the Peace in 1905.
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Newspaper proprietor. Arrived in New South Wales with parents in 1861. Educated in Maitland; joined Maitland Ensign, then Wallsend Miners Advocate and moved with it when incorporated into the Newcastle Herald; became a manager and part owner of Clarence and Richmond Examiner in 1881, sole proprieter in 1887; manager and editor until 1905 when he moved to Sydney; after 1915 became a shareholder in the Daily Examiner Limited which took over the paper converting it to the Daily Examiner, Grafton; director from 1904 of the Country Press Co-operative Company of Australia Limited, later managing director; director of Grafton Copper Mining Mining Company ; councillor of Mineowners Association; committee memebr of Sydney Chamber of Commerce; president of Grafton Chamber of Commerce; chairman of Clarence Dairymen's Association in 1900; councillor of Royal Agricultural Society., vice president in 1936; member of Journalists and Country Printing Boards; member of Empire Press Union; member of Aborigines Protection Board 1910 - 1916; for many years was a member of Grafton Church of England cathedral and parochial council and synod representative.
Military Service
Honours Received
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Son of William Waterloo Gisborne Varley, picture dealer and later accountant, and his wife Anne Daston. Married Jane Louise Brackenreg in 1871 and had issue, 2 daughters and 4 sons. Funeral at South Head cemetery with Church of England rites.
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