Preceded by Roderick Travers Nationality Scottish Australian Religion Presbyterian | Succeeded by Charles Fitzsimmons Occupation Pastoralist | |
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Full Name George Edward Forbes Born 8 August 1828
Edinburgh, Scotland ( 1828-08-08 ) Spouse(s) Louisa Lilias Trotter (m.1868) Died 2 July 1881, Leith, United Kingdom | ||
George Edward Forbes was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
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Biography
George Forbes was born on 8 August 1828 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He settled in Australia in about 1849, becoming a prominent squatter before forming a partnership with John Balfour in 1854 in Colinton, the Brisbane Valley, buying the business in 1862. He returned to Scotland and married Louisa Lillias Trotter, who was an artist and the daughter of an ancient Scottish family. Her father was Archibald Trotter of Dreghorn Castle of Midlothian in Edinburgh. They returned to Colinton after their marriage.
He returned to Scotland and died on 2 July 1881 in Leith, Scotland.
Political career
He was elected in a by-election and represented the electoral district of Clermont from the 13 November 1866 to 20 June 1867 in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland. He unsuccessfully contested the seat of Kennedy in 1871.