George Frederick Hussey (20 August 1852 – 13 June 1935) was a politician in the State of South Australia.

History

George Hussey's father, also named George Frederick Hussey, arrived in South Australia on the ship ''Asia'' in July 1839 with his parents George Edward Hussey and Catherine, ''née'' Burt, and three other children. He was educated at a private school run by James Bath, who was later secretary to the Minister of Education. In 1890 he and J. W. Gillingham took over the printing establishment of T. S. Carey & Co. of 106–108

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of the

The Southern Cross'' from 1890. He was for some time President of the Master Printers Association. He married Kate Young Cooke ( – 30 November 1931) on 20 August 1877. Joseph Williams Gillingham (c. 1859 – 6 December 1943), his partner, was the second son of Rev. J. Gillingham, of Strathablyn. He was a founder of

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, serving as Secretary and President at various times, and as Speaker of its Union Parliament. He represented the

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seat of Sturt from April 1921 to April 1924 for the Liberal Union and the

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. He died near the City Bridge,

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, after stepping in front of a tramcar moving at . Charles Henry Hussey, member of the House of Assembly, and pastor Henry Hussey were his uncles.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hussey, George Australian printers Members of the South Australian House of Assembly Pedestrian road incident deaths Road incident deaths in South Australia 1852 births 1935 deaths 19th-century Australian businesspeople Colony of South Australia people