George Gollan

Gollan was born in Woodburn, New South Wales and was the son of a farmer. He was educated at state schools and initially worked as a teacher in rural New South Wales. He resigned from the Education Department in 1912 and later owned various businesses in Sydney including news agencies, butcher shops and leather goods shops. Gollan was an alderman on Auburn Council between 1922 and 1932 and was the Mayor in 1926.

He was elected to the New South Wales Parliament as the United Australia Party member for Parramatta at the 1932 state election. He defeated the sitting Labor member, Joseph Byrne and his victory helped the UAP's Bertram Stevens to form a government. He held the seat at the next 6 elections but a redistribution prior to the 1953 state election made the seat notionally Labor and he retired. At the 1944 election he was a member of the Democratic Party and he became a foundation member of the Liberal Party of Australia in 1946.{{Cite NSW Parliament |former=Yes |access-date=1 May 2019 |id=1433 |title=The Hon. George Charles Gollan (1886-1957)}}

During the premierships of Bertram Stevens and Alexander Mair, Gollan held numerous ministerial positions including Minister for Labour and Industry and Social Welfare and Chief Secretary.

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