George Tuckett (politician)

George Joseph Tuckett (29 October 1873 – 19 November 1963) was an Australian politician.

Tuckett was born at Burnt Creek near Dunolly to farmer James Henry Tuckett and Sarah Howard. He became a farmer, and on 27 February 1901 married Margaret Ellen Tobin, with whom he had two children. In around 1929 he moved from Yalca to Nathalia; he also served on the Victorian Wheat Commission and the Water Trust Association of Victoria, and from 1915 to 1946 was on Numurkah Shire Council with three separate terms as president.[1]

In 1925 Tuckett was elected to the Victorian Legislative Council as a Country Party member for Northern Province. He was Assistant Minister of Labour from 1935 to 1942 and Minister of Lands from 1942 to 1943; from 1943 to 1945 he was Assistant Minister of Public Works. He was blind from around 1953. Tuckett retired from politics in 1955, and died at Nathalia in 1963.[2]

References

  1. ^ Tuckett, George Joseph at the Wayback Machine (archived 4 October 2012)
  2. ^ "George Joseph Tuckett". Members of Parliament. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 13 August 2025.


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