George Lambert (Australian politician)
| George Lambert | |
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| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia |
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In office 15 August 1916 – 12 April 1930 |
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| Preceded by | Charles McDowall |
| Succeeded by | None (seat abolished) |
| Constituency | Coolgardie |
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In office 8 April 1933 – 30 June 1941 |
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| Preceded by | Edwin Corboy |
| Succeeded by | Lionel Kelly |
| Constituency | Yilgarn-Coolgardie |
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| Born |
6 April 1879 Malmsbury, Victoria, Australia |
| Died | 30 June 1941 (aged 62) Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
| Political party | Labor |
George James Lambert (6 April 1879 – 30 June 1941) was an Australian politician who was a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1916 to 1930 and again from 1933 until his death. He worked as a metallurgist before entering politics.
Lambert was born in Malmsbury, Victoria, to Sarah Ann (née Smith) and William Richard Lambert. He trained in metallurgy at the school of mines in Kyneton, and in 1896 moved to Western Australia, where he set up as a metallurgical assayer in Boulder. Lambert eventually established a chemical supply company, and was also in partnership with Frederick Teesdale for a time in a plaster company. He served for periods on the Boulder and Kalgoorlie Municipal Councils, and was also a president of the Goldfields Football League.
Lambert entered parliament at the 1916 Coolgardie by-election, caused by the death of Charles McDowall. He retained Coolgardie with comfortable majorities until it was abolished in a redistribution prior to the 1930 state election. Most of the seat was incorporated into the new seat of Yilgarn-Coolgardie, along with the majority of the seat of Yilgarn. Because both Coolgardie and Yilgarn were Labor safe seats, the party decided to forgo a preselection contest for the new seat and instead endorse multiple candidates. At the election, Edwin Corboy, the member for Yilgarn, outpolled Lambert by just four votes. Lambert subsequently lodged a petition alleging voting irregularities, but the Court of Disputed Returns ruled in Corboy's favour.
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