George Roy Schintler (14 June 1900 – 13 January 1977) was an Australian politician. He was born in

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to miner George Edward Schintler and Matilda Julia Knight. He was educated at

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and

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and served in the AIF during

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. After the war he became a tram driver in

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, and around 1921 he married Madelaine Pochon, with whom he had five children. He was an executive member of the Tramways Union and joined the Labor Party around 1929. From 1943 to 1956 he served on Footscray City Council; he was mayor from 1953 to 1954. On 7 September 1946 he married his second wife, Janet Emily Bryan. In 1955 he was elected to the

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as the member for Footscray, moving seats to

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in 1958. He was a backbencher until his seat was abolished in 1967, whereupon he retired. Schintler died at Footscray in 1977.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Schintler, Roy 1900 births 1977 deaths Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly Australian Officers of the Order of the British Empire 20th-century Australian politicians People from Adelong, New South Wales Train drivers