George Henderson | |
Senator for Western Australia | |
Term Start: | 1 April 1904 |
Term End: | 30 June 1923 |
Birth Date: | 1857 8, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Bedlington, England |
Death Place: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Nationality: | Scottish Australian |
Party: | Labor (1904 - 1917) Nationalist (1917 - 1923) |
Occupation: | Coal miner |
Christopher George Henderson (19 August 1857 – 21 January 1933) was an English-born Australian politician. Born in Bedlington, he received a primary education before migrating to the Colony of New South Wales in 1885.[1] He was a coal miner in that colony and then general secretary of the Illawarra Miners' Union. He moved to Western Australia around 1900, becoming a coal miner at Collie and serving on Collie Municipal Council. In 1903, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Labor Senator for Western Australia. He served as Chairman of Committees from 1914 to 1917.[2] Henderson left the Labor Party in the wake of the 1916 split over conscription, joining the new Nationalist Party. He remained a Nationalist Senator until his defeat in 1922. Henderson died in 1933.[3]