1. George Michael "Mick" Prendergast was an Australian politician who served as the 28th Premier of Victoria.
12 Facts About George Prendergast
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George Prendergast was born to Irish emigrant parents in Adelaide, but he grew up in Stawell, Victoria.
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George Prendergast was apprenticed as a printer, and worked as a compositor in Ballarat, Sydney and Narrandera before settling in Melbourne in 1887.
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At the 1897 election, George Prendergast was defeated by William Watt, but regained the seat in 1900, and held it until it was abolished in 1927.
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George Prendergast then shifted to the electorate of Footscray, which he represented until his death.
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In 1904 George Prendergast became the first leader of the Parliamentary Labor Party.
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George Prendergast resigned this position through ill-health in 1913, allowing George Elmslie to become the first Labor Premier, and was Chief Secretary in Elmslie's 14-day government.
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George Prendergast was the President of the North Melbourne Football Club for some time.
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George Prendergast's government was the first Labor government in Victoria able actually to govern.
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George Prendergast resigned as Labor Leader in 1926 and was succeeded by Hogan.
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George Prendergast died in 1937, still an MP, aged 83.
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George Prendergast's granddaughter Kathleen George Prendergast was a paleontologist and physician who became the first woman appointed as a Regimental Medical Officer in the Royal Army Medical Corps.