George Edwin Cass (c. 1844 – 6 April 1892) was an English-born Australian politician. He was born in

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; his father was an engineer also named George Edwin Cass. The younger Cass moved to

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around 1864, becoming a commercial agent. In September 1871 he married Catherine McCubbin near

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; they had nine children. Cass owned a number of regional newspapers at Coonamble,

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and

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. In 1880 he was elected to the

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as the member for

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. He was defeated in 1887, but returned in 1889 as a

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. He held the seat until his death at Enmore in 1892.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cass, George 1840s births 1892 deaths Colony of New South Wales people Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Protectionist Party politicians 19th-century Australian politicians