George Frederick Roberts (2 February 1913 – 22 July 1962) was an Australian politician who was a

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member of the Legislative Assembly of

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from 1955 until his death, representing the seat of Bunbury. Roberts was born in Bunbury, and attended Bunbury High School. After leaving school, he worked as a livestock auctioneer. He enlisted in the

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in November 1939, and served as a lieutenant with the 2/11th and 2/33rd Battalions in Europe. After being discharged in 1944, Roberts returned to Bunbury, where he became the managing director of a local department store, Haywards.George Frederick Roberts
– Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 25 May 2016. A founding member of the Liberal Party, he was elected to parliament at the 1955 Bunbury by-election, caused by the death of the sitting

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member, Frank Guthrie. He was re-elected three times (in

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and

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), but, like his predecessor, died in office. George Roberts had married Dorothy Harriet Christey in 1951, with whom he had three children, Kim, Helen & Ian Roberts.

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