Gustave Thomas Carlisle Miller (26 November 1852 – 20 October 1918) was an Australian politician. He was born in

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to farmer William Richardson Miller and Catherine Engel. He was educated at St Philip's and Fort Street schools before becoming a journalist. He managed the ''Monaro Mercury'' from 1876 and ran the ''Cooma Express'' from 1879. Around 1881 he married Emmeline Annie Hewison at

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; they would have seven children. In 1889 he was elected to the

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as the member for Monaro, representing the

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. In 1901, however, he joined the Labor Party, and represented Monaro in that capacity until his death in

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in 1918.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Miller, Gus 1852 births 1918 deaths Protectionist Party politicians Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of New South Wales Colony of New South Wales people