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George Nesbitt (185913 December 1948) was an Irish-born Australian politician. He was born at Castlederg in
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to John Nesbitt, a Master in Poor Law, and Rebecca, ''née'' Gregory. He arrived in
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in 1885 and worked for a Sydney softgoods firm as a traveller to the
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from 1887 to 1895. In 1895 he settled in Lismore and opened a general store; also in that year he married Adina Morgan. He was active in various retailers' and commercial travellers' associations throughout the 1890s and 1900s, and was an alderman and mayor at Lismore from 1906 to 1907. In 1913 he was elected to the
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as the
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member for Lismore; with the introduction of
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he became one of the members for
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. He left the Assembly in 1925 but in 1927 was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council, serving until 1940. Nesbitt died at Cremorne in 1948.


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1859 births 1948 deaths People from Castlederg Nationalist Party of Australia members of the Parliament of New South Wales United Australia Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council Mayors of places in New South Wales Irish emigrants to colonial Australia Colony of New South Wales people {{Australia-Nationalist-politician-stub