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Sir George Victor Lansell CMG VD (3 October 1883 – 9 January 1959) was an English-born Australian politician. He was born in London to mining entrepreneur George Lansell and Harriet Edith Bassford. He was educated in Bendigo and at Melbourne Grammar School, and in 1906 inherited his father's estate of £6 million. He owned the Bendigo Independent newspaper and merged it with the Bendigo Advertiser in 1918, and was chairman of a large number of media and other companies around regional Victoria. During World War I he served in the AIF with the 38th Battalion, becoming a captain but being wounded on the Western Front. In 1923 he was awarded the Volunteer Decoration and promoted to commanding officer of his battalion; he was raised to the rank of lieutenant-colonel in 1927 and appointed a Comp

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rdfs:comment	Sir George Victor Lansell CMG VD (3 October 1883 – 9 January 1959) was an English-born Australian politician. He was born in London to mining entrepreneur George Lansell and Harriet Edith Bassford. He was educated in Bendigo and at Melbourne Grammar School, and in 1906 inherited his father's estate of £6 million. He owned the Bendigo Independent newspaper and merged it with the Bendigo Advertiser in 1918, and was chairman of a large number of media and other companies around regional Victoria. During World War I he served in the AIF with the 38th Battalion, becoming a captain but being wounded on the Western Front. In 1923 he was awarded the Volunteer Decoration and promoted to commanding officer of his battalion; he was raised to the rank of lieutenant-colonel in 1927 and appointed a Comp (en)
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Bendigo Province Bendigo Advertiser Victorian Legislative Council Melbourne Grammar School London Joseph Sternberg 1883 births 1959 deaths Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Council Western Front (World War I) Liberal and Country Party 38th Battalion (Australia) First Australian Imperial Force Thomas Grigg (politician) 20th-century Australian politicians Australian Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George Nationalist Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria Australian Knights Bachelor National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria United Australia Party members of the Parliament of Victoria John Lienhop John McDonald (Victorian politician) Herbert Keck Volunteer Decoration Arthur Smith (Australian politician) National Party of Australia – Victoria World War I Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Nationalist Party of Australia Lieutenant-colonel Bendigo, Victoria Captain (rank)
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date	May 2021 (en)
reason	Contradictory information, including that in sources. Minor copyediting needed. One archived source link does not work. (en)
title	Member for Bendigo (en)
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has abstract	Sir George Victor Lansell CMG VD (3 October 1883 – 9 January 1959) was an English-born Australian politician. He was born in London to mining entrepreneur George Lansell and Harriet Edith Bassford. He was educated in Bendigo and at Melbourne Grammar School, and in 1906 inherited his father's estate of £6 million. He owned the Bendigo Independent newspaper and merged it with the Bendigo Advertiser in 1918, and was chairman of a large number of media and other companies around regional Victoria. During World War I he served in the AIF with the 38th Battalion, becoming a captain but being wounded on the Western Front. In 1923 he was awarded the Volunteer Decoration and promoted to commanding officer of his battalion; he was raised to the rank of lieutenant-colonel in 1927 and appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1937. In 1928 he had won election to the Victorian Legislative Council as a Nationalist member for Bendigo Province. In 1944 he defected to the Country Party, but he joined the Liberal and Country Party in 1949; he remained sympathetic to the Country Party government of John McDonald. Lansell was knighted in 1951, but lost his seat in the Council the following year. He died in Bendigo in 1959. (en)
alongside	Thomas Grigg (politician) John Lienhop Herbert Keck
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is Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage of	Bendigo Province Rosalind Park Electoral results for the Bendigo Province Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1928–1931 Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1931–1934 Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1934–1937 Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1937–1940 Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1940–1943 Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1943–1946 Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1946–1949 Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1949–1952 1928 Victorian Legislative Council election 1934 Victorian Legislative Council election 1937 Coronation Honours 1940 Victorian Legislative Council election 1946 Victorian Legislative Council election Joseph Sternberg 1952 Victorian Legislative Council election John Lienhop Lansell, George

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