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Percival George Pollard (16 June 1883 – 19 May 1948) was an Australian politician. He was born in Angaston in South Australia. In 1917 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Nationalist member for
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in a recount following the resignation of
Benjamin Watkins Benjamin Watkins (26 July 1884 – 23 August 1963) was an Australian politician. Biography He was born in Hobart. In 1906 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as the Labor member for Queenstown; following the introduction of pr ...
. Defeated in 1919, he returned in 1920 in another recount, this one following the resignation of Herbert Payne. Pollard was defeated again in 1922. He died in Devonport in 1948.


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1883 births 1948 deaths Nationalist Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Tasmania Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly People from Angaston, South Australia 20th-century Australian politicians {{Australia-Nationalist-politician-stub