# George Laffer

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'''George Richards Laffer''' (14 September 1866 – 7 December 1933) was an Australian politician. He was member of the [South Australian House of Assembly](/source/South_Australian_House_of_Assembly) from 1913 until 1933, representing the electorate of [Alexandra](/source/electoral_district_of_Alexandra) for the [Liberal Union](/source/Liberal_Union_(Australia)), and its successors the [Liberal Federation](/source/Liberal_Federation) and [Liberal and Country League](/source/Liberal_and_Country_League). He was a minister in the [Barwell](/source/Henry_Barwell) government, and was [Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly](/source/Speaker_of_the_South_Australian_House_of_Assembly) from 1927 until 1930.<ref name="ADB" />

Laffer was born at [Coromandel Valley](/source/Coromandel_Valley%2C_South_Australia) into a fruit-growing family, his father having emigrated from [Cornwall](/source/Cornwall) in 1840. He continued in the family business, and was actively involved in agricultural organisations, serving as a founder of the [South Australian Fruitgrowers' Association](/source/South_Australian_Fruitgrowers'_Association), life member of the Agricultural Bureau, and as chairman of the Advisory Board of Agriculture. He served nine years on the [Mitcham District Council](/source/City_of_Mitcham), including four years as chairman.<ref name="ADB" />

Laffer was elected to the House of Assembly for [Alexandra](/source/electoral_district_of_Alexandra) on his third attempt in 1913. He was chairman of committees from 1918 to 1920, and was promoted to the ministry when [Henry Barwell](/source/Henry_Barwell) became Premier, serving as Commissioner of Crown Lands and Immigration and Minister for Repatriation until the government's defeat in 1924. Laffer was appointed Speaker after the Liberal Federation, in coalition with the Country Party, won the [election of 1927](/source/1927_South_Australian_state_election) under [Richard Layton Butler](/source/Richard_Layton_Butler), serving until their defeat in 1930.<ref name="SA parl">{{Cite SA-parl |pid=3892 |name=Hon George Richards Laffer |former=yes |access-date=29 November 2022}}</ref> He was a member of a Royal Commission into illegal betting and the licensing of bookmakers from 1932 until 1933. He died suddenly in office in 1933, and received a state funeral before being buried at Mitcham Anglican Cemetery.<ref name="ADB">{{Australian Dictionary of Biography |title=Laffer, George Richards (1866 - 1933) |first=Maryanne |last=McGill |id2=laffer-george-richards-7007 |access-date=29 November 2022}}</ref>

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{{succession box | title=Member for [Alexandra](/source/Electoral_district_of_Alexandra) | before=[William Blacker](/source/William_Blacker_(politician))| after=[George Connor](/source/George_Connor_(Australian_politician))| alongside= <br /> [Ritchie](/source/George_Ritchie_(politician)), [Heggaton](/source/Percy_Heggaton), [McDonald](/source/Alexander_McDonald_(South_Australian_politician)), [Peake](/source/Archibald_Peake), [Hudd](/source/Herbert_Hudd)| years=1913 &ndash; 1933}}
{{s-bef | before=[Frederick Birrell](/source/Frederick_Birrell) }}
{{s-ttl | title=[Speaker of the <br />South Australian House of Assembly](/source/Speaker_of_the_South_Australian_House_of_Assembly) | years=1927–1930}}
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Category:Members of the South Australian House of Assembly
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Category:Australian people of Cornish descent
Category:1866 births
Category:1933 deaths
Category:Liberal and Country League politicians

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