George Edward Jeffery (5 September 1920 – 24 July 1989) was an Australian politician who served as a Labor Party member of the Legislative Council of

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from 1956 to 1962, representing

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. Jeffery was born in

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, to Mary Dora (née Fyfe) and Charles Victor Jeffery. His parents moved to

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, when he was six, and he attended

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and Perth Technical School. Jeffery initially entered the police force, but later trained as a chemical plumber. He joined the Australian Army in 1941, and during the war served as a

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with the

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. Jeffery returned to plumbing after leaving the military, and served on the executive of the Plumbers' Union. He was elected to parliament at the 1956 Legislative Council election, but served only a single six-year term before being defeated by Herbert Robinson at the 1962 election. After leaving politics, Jeffery worked for periods as a legal officer, company representative (with

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), and part-time local magistrate, and also became a life member of the

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. He died in

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in 1989, aged 68.George Edward Jeffery
– Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 17 September 2016.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jeffery, George 1920 births 1989 deaths Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Western Australia Australian plumbers Australian trade unionists Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council People from Tumby Bay, South Australia Australian Army soldiers Australian Army personnel of World War II