George Shaw (Queensland politician)

{{Short description|Australian politician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}

{{Use Australian English|date=January 2016}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix =

| name = George Shaw

| honorific-suffix = MP

| image = GeorgeShaw1964.jpg

| office = Member of the Australian Parliament for Dawson

| predecessor = Charles Davidson

| successor = Rex Patterson

| term_start = 30 November 1963

| term_end = 9 January 1966

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1913|7|28}}

| birth_place = Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1966|1|9|1913|7|28}}

| death_place = South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

| death_cause = Cerebral hemorrhage

| resting_place = Mount Thompson Crematorium, Holland Park

| nationality = Australian

| spouse =

| party = Country

| alma_mater =

| occupation = {{hlist|Sugar mill manager|politician}}

| religion =

}}

George William Shaw (28 July 1913 – 9 January 1966) was an Australian politician. He was a Country Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1963 until his death in 1966, representing the electorate of Dawson.

Shaw was born in Rockhampton and was educated at Mackay High School.{{cite web | url=https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22handbook%2Fallmps%2FKRC%22;src1=sm1 | title=Biography for SHAW, George William | publisher=Parliament of Australia | accessdate=6 August 2021}} He was assistant secretary (1933-1935) and secretary (1935-1943) of the Cattle Creek Co-operative Sugar Milling Association, which operated the Cattle Creek Sugar Mill at Finch Hatton. He was then general manager of the large sugar mill at Farleigh from 1943 to 1964 and was credited with undertaking a rebuilding program at the mill after World War II.{{cite web | url=https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;db=HANSARD80;id=hansard80%2Fhansards80%2F1966-03-08%2F0023;orderBy=_fragment_number,doc_date-rev;page=0;query=Dataset%3Ahansards,hansards80%20Decade%3A%221960s%22%20Year%3A%221966%22%20whip%20Month%3A%2203%22;rec=0;resCount=Default | title=DEATH OF MR. GEORGE WILLIAM SHAW, M.P | publisher=Parliament of Australia | work=Hansard | accessdate=6 August 2021}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article170871193 |title=PERSONAL |newspaper=Daily Mercury |volume=77 |issue=12 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=14 January 1943 |accessdate=6 August 2021 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article61977836 |title=MACKAY NOTES. |newspaper=Townsville Daily Bulletin |volume=LVII |issue=94 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=20 April 1935 |accessdate=6 August 2021 |page=11 |via=National Library of Australia}} From 1949, Shaw was the inaugural deputy chairman of Sugar Research Ltd, which established the industry-backed Sugar Research Institute at Mackay.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article169815559 |title=Institute is symbolic of 80 years progress |newspaper=Daily Mercury |volume=87 |issue=200 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=22 August 1953 |accessdate=6 August 2021 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}} He was also a state government representative on the Mackay Harbour Board from 1961 to 1963.

In 1963, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the Country Party member for Dawson. He suffered a cerebral hemorrhage on 29 December 1965, the closing date for nominations for preselection to recontest his seat, and defeated a preselection challenge while in hospital, but died in the Mater Hospital, Brisbane on 9 January. He was cremated at the Mount Thompson Crematorium.{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/122061698/?terms=%22george%20shaw%22%20dawson&match=1 | title=CP member dies after ballot win | work=The Age | date=10 January 1966 | accessdate=6 August 2021}}{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/122059037/?terms=%22george%20shaw%22%20dawson&match=1 | title=Sick MP holds seat | work=The Age | date=8 January 1966 | accessdate=6 August 2021}}{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/122744762/?terms=%22george%20shaw%22%20dawson&match=1 | title=Funeral of MP from Queensland | work=The Age | date=12 January 1966 | accessdate=6 August 2021}} In the resulting by-election, Dawson was won by Labor for the first time.{{cite web|last=Carr |first=Adam |title=Australian Election Archive |work=Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive |url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia |year=2008 |accessdate=2008-07-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006075129/http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia |archivedate=6 October 2008 |df=dmy }}