George Martens

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George Martens
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Herbert
In office
17 November 1928  16 August 1946
Preceded by Lewis Nott
Succeeded by Bill Edmonds
Personal details
Born 1874
Mount Perry, Queensland
Died 23 August 1949 (aged 7475)
Nationality Australian
Political party Australian Labor Party
Occupation Unionist

George William Martens (1874 23 August 1949) was an Australian politician.

Born in Mount Perry, Queensland, he received a primary education before becoming a bushworker. Martens gained work at the Pleystowe Sugar Mill, west of Mackay in northern Queensland, where two of his co-workers were future Prime Minister Arthur Fadden and Queensland state politician Maurice Hynes.[1]

Martens was active in the trade union movement, notably the Sugar Workers Union, and was an organiser with the Australian Workers' Union, of which he eventually became Queensland secretary. In 1928, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Labor member for Herbert, defeating the sitting Nationalist Lewis Nott. He held the seat until 1946, when he retired from politics to become director of Commonwealth Oil Refineries. Martens died in 1949.[2]

Sources

References

  1. Arklay, p.3.
  2. Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 2008-07-16.
Parliament of Australia
Preceded by
Lewis Nott
Member for Herbert
19281946
Succeeded by
Bill Edmonds


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