George Rainsford
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George Henry Rainsford was an Australian politician. He was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Council
for South Province as a Nationalist
in a by-election following Jabez Dodd's death in 1928, but he was never sworn in and he did not take his seat due to the approaching election, in which he was defeated.
Western Australian Legislative Council
The Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of parliament in the Australian state of Western Australia. Its central purpose is to act as a house of review for legislation passed through the lower house, the Legislative Assembly. It sits in Parliament House in the state...
for South Province as a Nationalist
Nationalist Party of Australia
The Nationalist Party of Australia was an Australian political party. It was formed on 17 February 1917 from a merger between the conservative Commonwealth Liberal Party and the National Labor Party, the name given to the pro-conscription defectors from the Australian Labor Party led by Prime...
in a by-election following Jabez Dodd's death in 1928, but he was never sworn in and he did not take his seat due to the approaching election, in which he was defeated.