George Conrad Hannan was an Australian politician who served as a Senator for Victoria from 1956 to 1965 and 1970 to 1974.
19 Facts About George Hannan
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George Hannan was a member of the Liberal Party for all but the last few months of his career, and was known as a strident anti-communist.
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George Hannan lost Liberal preselection in 1973, and the following year announced the formation of a new social conservative political party, the National Liberal Party.
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George Hannan was unsuccessful in his bid for re-election at the 1974 election and dissolved the party shortly after.
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George Hannan was the oldest son of Theresa Caroline and James Francis Hannan.
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George Hannan's father, a country storekeeper, was a Lang Labor supporter and stood for the Australian Labor Party in Albury at the 1927 New South Wales state election.
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George Hannan was educated at St Patrick's College, Goulburn, before going on to study law at the University of Melbourne where he was a member of Newman College.
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George Hannan completed his articles of clerkship in 1933 and was admitted to the Victorian Bar the following year.
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George Hannan married Eileen Frances Williams in 1938, with whom he had four children.
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George Hannan was a life member of the Wireless Institute of Australia and was an active member of Actors Equity of Australia.
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George Hannan served on the state executive of the Liberal and Country Party for over a decade.
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George Hannan first stood for parliament in 1948, losing a Victorian Legislative Council by-election for Melbourne Province.
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George Hannan subsequently contested the Division of Maribyrnong at the 1949 federal election and East Yarra Province at the 1952 Legislative Council election.
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George Hannan was an unsuccessful candidate for Senate preselection prior to the 1955 federal election.
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George Hannan was defeated in 1964, his term ending on 30 June 1965.
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George Hannan was re-elected at the 1970 Senate election, taking his place immediately.
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George Hannan received 1.2 per cent of the vote, and was not elected.
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Judith George Hannan was married to Sir Guy Boileau, 8th Bt.
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Eilene George Hannan died in July 2014 and her sister Lady Boileau died less than a month later in August 2014.