George Fuller (Australian politician)

The Honourable Sir George Fuller KCMG
22nd Premier of New South Wales
In office 13 April 1922 – 17 June 1925
Governor	Walter Edward Davidson Dudley de Chair
Preceded by	James Dooley
Succeeded by	Jack Lang
In office 20 December 1921 – 20 December 1921
Governor	Walter Edward Davidson
Preceded by	James Dooley
Succeeded by	James Dooley
Federal Minister for Home Affairs
In office 2 June 1909 – 29 April 1910
Prime Minister	Alfred Deakin
Preceded by	Hugh Mahon
Succeeded by	King O'Malley
Member of the Australian Parliament for Illawarra
In office 30 March 1901 – 31 May 1913
Preceded by	New seat
Succeeded by	George Burns
Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
In office 16 September 1915 – 7 February 1928
Preceded by	Frank Badgery
Succeeded by	Mark Morton
Constituency	Wollondilly
In office 9 February 1889 – 25 June 1894
Preceded by	Frank Badgery
Succeeded by	Mark Morton
Constituency	Kiama
Personal details
Born	(1861-01-22)22 January 1861 Commonwealth Liberal (1909–1913) Liberal Reform (1915–1917) Nationalist (from 1917)
Spouse	Ada Louisa King ​ (m. 1892)​
Education	Sydney Grammar School University of Sydney
Profession	Lawyer

Sir George Warburton Fuller

Fuller served in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for over 18 years. Initially he represented Kiama from 1889 to 1894, but was defeated in 1894 and again in 1898.^[2]

Fuller was the first member for

In 1917, his heavy-handed handling of a strike by rail and tramway workers against the introduction of time cards antagonised the unions and led to a general strike. His promise of higher pay and improved seniority benefits to workers returning to work split the rail unions for most of the twentieth century and the different employment conditions lasted until the Lang Government was elected. His action was seen by supporters as the decisive leadership required in wartime. In 1919, he expanded the state-owned fishing trawler fleet "to provide cheap fish for the mass of the population".^[2]

On 3 June 1919, he was appointed as a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George for his service as Colonial Secretary.^[3]

In the 1922 state election, Dooley was defeated and Fuller became Premier once again. His government began the construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. This time his tenure lasted till the 1925 state election, won by Labor's Jack Lang.^{[citation needed]}

Shortly after Lang's victory, Fuller resigned from the Nationalist leadership in favour of