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George Roy Crick (3 April 1904 – 19 August 1966) was an Australian politician. He was born at Nurcoung to grazier George Arnold Crick and Mary Cousen Keeping. He attended school at
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and became a carpenter. On 26 June 1927 he married Gladys Sophie Day, with whom he had two children. From 1942 he was an official with the Sheetmetal Workers' Union, and also secretary of the Sunshine branch of the Labor Party. During
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he was a sergeant in the Volunteer Defence Corps. In 1955 he was elected to the
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as the member for
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. He served until his death at Footscray in 1966.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Crick, Roy 1904 births 1966 deaths Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly 20th-century Australian politicians Volunteer Defence Corps soldiers