George Sangster (politician)
George Sangster was a Scottish-born Australian politician.Biography
He was born in Woodside, Aberdeen, the son of mill manager Andrew Sangster. He left school at the age of nine and worked a variety of jobs until he became a naval fireman around 1867. In the early 1870s he was working in Australian waters and eventually he settled in Victoria. He was a founding member of the Seamen's Union and served as its president, and was also vice-president, secretary and president of the Trades Hall Council. In 1880 he married Sarah Gertrude Bourke, with whom he had four children. He was a member of Port Melbourne Council in 1893. In 1894 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Port Melbourne, representing the fledgling Labour Party. He served in the Assembly until his death in Paddington, New South Wales, on 8 April 1915.
