George Hodges Knox
CMG, VD | |
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| Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 21 October 1942 – 9 October 1947 | |
| Preceded by | Bill Slater |
| Succeeded by | Sir Thomas Maltby |
| Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Scoresby | |
| In office 10 November 1945 – 11 July 1960 | |
| Preceded by | New division |
| Succeeded by | Bill Borthwick |
| Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Upper Yarra | |
| In office 9 April 1927 – October 1945 | |
| Preceded by | New division |
| Succeeded by | Division abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 December 1885 Liberal Party (1945–60) |
| Spouses | Kathleen Purves MacPherson
(m. 1909; div. 1919)Ada Victoria Harris (m. 1921) |
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Sir George Hodges Knox, orchardist and military officer. The City of Knox is named after him.
Knox was born in the
Prahran on 17 December 1885 and educated at Scotch College, Melbourne. He was the son of William Knox, who had been a member of the Victorian Legislative Council between 1897 and 1901, and the member for Kooyong in the House of Representatives.[1]
Knox began his working life as an electrical engineer. He married Kathleen Purves MacPherson in 1909. Soon after, he moved to
First World War, commanding the 23rd Battalion. He divorced in 1919. In 1920 he moved to Ferntree Gully, Victoria. He married Ada Victoria Harris in 1921. He was elected to the Fern Tree Gully Shire Council in 1923.[1]
Knox won the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat for Upper Yarra in 1927 for the Nationalist Party. He became Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly in 1942 and remained there until 1947. Between 1945 and 1960 he held the seat of Scoresby.[1]
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- ^ ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 23 November 2007.
