George Alexander Cruickshank (1 February 1853 – 12 April 1904) was an Australian politician. Born near
Dubbo,
New South Wales
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, he attended Collegiate School in
Bathurst, and was a
grazier in northern
New South Wales
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from 1878. In 1889 he was elected to the
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is the lower of the two houses of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The upper house is the New South Wales Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament Ho ...
as the member for
Inverell
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, a position he held until 1898. In the
first federal election in 1901, Cruickshank was elected to the
Australian House of Representatives
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as a
Protectionist
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, representing the seat of
Gwydir. He retired in 1903, and died in 1904.
References
Protectionist Party members of the Parliament of Australia
Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Gwydir
Members of the Australian House of Representatives
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
1853 births
1904 deaths
19th-century Australian politicians
20th-century Australian politicians
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