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George Frederick Hussey (20 August 1852 – 13 June 1935) was a politician in the State of South Australia.
George Hussey's father, also named George Frederick Hussey, arrived in South Australia on the ship Asia in July 1839 with his parents George Edward Hussey and Catherine, née Burt, and three or four other children.
He was a printer, partner in the firm Hussey and Gillingham, of 106–108 Currie Street, becoming Gillingham & Co. when Hussey retired in 1922. They were responsible for printing The Southern Cross from 1890. He was for some time President of the Master Printers Association. He married Kate Young Cooke ( – 30 November 1931) on 20 August 1877. Joseph Williams Gillingham (c. 1859 – 6 December 1943), his partner, was the second son of Rev. J. Gillingham, of Strathablyn.
He represented the South Australian House of Assembly multi-member seat of Sturt from April 1921 to April 1924 for the Liberal Union and the Liberal Federation.
He died near the City Bridge, King William Road, after stepping in front of a tramcar moving at 20 to 25 miles per hour (32 to 40 km/h).
His uncle, Charles Henry Hussey, was also a member of the House of Assembly.