12 Facts About George Cann

George Cann was an Australian politician who served in both the Parliament of Australia and the Parliament of New South Wales.

George Cann married Catherine Roberts in 1890 and they had one daughter and one son.

George Cann served in the 30th Battalion of the first Australian Imperial Force from March 1916 until January 1918.

George Cann was a member of the Australian Labor Party, winning the Australian House of Representatives seat of Nepean at the 1910 election.

In 1920 the district was abolished and absorbed into the new multi-member seat of St George Cann; he was one of the members for St George Cann until the abolition of proportional representation in 1927.

George Cann was Secretary for Mines and Minister for Labour and Industry from April 1920 to October 1921, when he became Secretary for Mines and Minister for Local Government until the defeat of the James Dooley government in December 1921.

George Cann was reappointed when Dooley regained power some hours later.

George Cann became Minister for Local Government and Minister for Public Health in Jack Lang's first ministry in June 1925.

George Cann held the Local Government portfolio until March 1926 and Public Health until May 1927.

George Cann opposed Lang's leadership and as a result lost preselection for the 1927 election where he ran unsuccessfully as an independent for Lakemba.

In 1930 George Cann ran unsuccessfully as a Nationalist at the election for Lakemba.

George Cann died on 18 October 1948 in the Sydney suburb of Strathfield, survived by his wife.