George Duffy | |
Constituency Am1: | Eacham |
Assembly1: | Queensland Legislative |
Term Start1: | 11 May 1929 |
Term End1: | 23 March 1932 |
Predecessor1: | Cornelius Ryan |
Successor1: | Seat abolished |
Birth Date: | 1887 |
Birth Place: | Lismore, New South Wales, Australia |
Death Date: | 1 April 1941 (aged 53 or 54) |
Death Place: | Albion, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
Restingplace: | Lutwyche Cemetery |
Birthname: | George Alfred Duffy |
Nationality: | Australian |
Party: | CPNP |
Spouse: | Rosa Lilian Belson (m.1917 d.1960) |
Occupation: | Businessman |
George Alfred Duffy (1887 – 1 April 1941) was a businessman and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]
Duffy was born in Lismore, New South Wales, to parents Daniel Duffy and his wife Sarah Ann (née Beddoes). He was educated at Lismore Convent School before making his way to northern Queensland. There he conducted business in Yungaburra and Eacham.
On 12 September 1917 Duffy married Rosa Lilian Belson (died 1960)[2] in Atherton and together had three sons.
Duffy represented the seat of Eacham for the CPNP from 1929 until 1932.[1]
Duffy died in 1941 at Albion and was buried in Lutwyche Cemetery.[3]