{{Short description|Australian politician}} {{For|the mayor of Southampton|George Hussey (mayor)}} {{Redirect|George Frederick Hussey|the US Navy officer|George F. Hussey Jr.}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2016}} {{Use Australian English|date=November 2016}}
'''George Frederick Hussey''' (20 August 1852 – 13 June 1935) was a politician in the State of South Australia.
==History== thumb|George Frederick Hussey George Hussey's father, also named George Frederick Hussey, arrived in South Australia on the ship ''Asia'' in July 1839 with his parents George Edward Hussey and Catherine, ''née'' Burt, and three other children.<!--Henry, Catherine Frances and Charles Henry--> He was educated at a private school run by James Bath, who was later secretary to the Minister of Education.<ref name=Observer>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article162337820 |title=Mr. G. F. Hussey |newspaper=Adelaide Observer |volume=LVI |issue=3,006 |location=South Australia |date=13 May 1899 |access-date=24 July 2018 |page=45 |via=Trove}}</ref>
In 1890 he and J. W. Gillingham took over the printing establishment of T. S. Carey & Co.<ref name=Observer/> of 106–108 Currie Street, which they ran as Hussey and Gillingham, becoming Gillingham & Co. when Hussey retired in 1922. They were responsible for printing ''The Southern Cross'' from 1890.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article164857130 |title=General News. |newspaper=Southern Cross |location=Adelaide |date=14 March 1890 |access-date=13 September 2015 |page=7 |via=Trove}}</ref> He was for some time President of the Master Printers Association. He married Kate Young Cooke ( – 30 November 1931) on 20 August 1877. Joseph Williams Gillingham (c. 1859 – 6 December 1943), his partner, was the second son of Rev. J. Gillingham, of Strathablyn.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article128353133 |title=Death, at 84, of Mr. J. W. Gillingham. |newspaper=The News |location=Adelaide |date=7 December 1943 |access-date=13 September 2015 |page=5 |via=Trove}}</ref>
He was a founder of South Australian Literary Societies' Union, serving as Secretary and President at various times, and as Speaker of its Union Parliament.
He represented the South Australian House of Assembly multi-member seat of Sturt from April 1921 to April 1924 for the Liberal Union and the Liberal Federation.<ref>{{cite SA-parl |pid=3758 |name=George Hussey |former=yes |access-date=20 August 2022}}</ref>
He died near the City Bridge, King William Road, after stepping in front of a tramcar moving at {{convert|20 to 25|mph|km/h}}.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article128481343 |title=Was Unaware of Tram |newspaper=The News |location=Adelaide |date=17 June 1935 |access-date=13 September 2015 |page=5 |via=Trove}}</ref>
Charles Henry Hussey, member of the House of Assembly,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article29430060 |title=Death of Mr. C.H. Hussey |newspaper=The Advertiser |location=Adelaide |date=10 January 1899 |access-date=14 September 2015 |page=7 |via=Trove}}</ref> and pastor Henry Hussey were his uncles.
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