George Conrad Hannan was an Australia

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n politician.

Born in Wagga Wagga

Wagga Wagga, New South Wales

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, New South Wales

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, he was educated at Catholic

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 schools and then the University of Melbourne

University of Melbourne

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. He became a barrister in 1934, and served in the military from 1942 to 1946. In 1956, he was appointed to the Australian Senate

Australian Senate

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 as a Liberal

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 Senator for Victoria

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, filling a casual vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator John Spicer

John Spicer (Australian politician)

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. He was defeated in 1964, but was re-elected in 1970.

In 1974, he resigned from the Liberal Party, forming a new party, the National Liberal Party

National Liberal Party (Australia)

The National Liberal Party was a short-lived Australian political party formed in 1974 by Victorian Liberal Senator George Hannan. The party rejected a perceived leftward trend in the Liberal Party and sought to promote conservatism. Hannan contested the Senate in Victoria for the new party at the...

, under which banner he contested the 1974 election

Australian federal election, 1974

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. He received 1.2 per cent of the vote, and was not elected.

George Hannan died on 1 May 2009, aged 98.

His daughter is married to Sir Guy Boileau, 8th Bt.

Boileau Baronets

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