George Colin Moss (20 August 1913 – 27 May 1985) was an Australian politician. He was born in

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to farmer Frederick George Moss and schoolteacher Mary Jane McArthur. He attended local state schools and worked on the family farm until 1938, when he established a wheat farm of his own at Katunga. From 1940 he had a sheep and cattle farm, but during

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he served in the military. On 13 June 1942 he married Katrine Nancy Fankhauser, with whom he had four daughters. He was elected to the

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in 1945 as the Country Party member for Murray Valley. From 1950 to 1952 he was Minister of Agriculture and Mines. In 1955 he became deputy leader of the party, succeeding to the leadership in 1964. He relinquished the leadership to

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in 1970 and retired in 1973. Moss died at Numurkah in 1985.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Moss, George 1913 births 1985 deaths National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly Vice-Presidents of the Board of Land and Works 20th-century Australian politicians Ministers for Agriculture (Victoria) Ministers of Mines (Victoria)