| George Story | |
| Constituency Am: | Balonne |
| Assembly: | Queensland Legislative |
| Term Start: | 11 April 1896 |
| Term End: | 27 August 1904 |
| Predecessor: | Boyd Morehead |
| Successor: | Edward Land |
| Birth Date: | 1849 3, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Colac, Victoria, Australia |
| Death Place: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Restingplace: | God's Acre Cemetery |
| Birthname: | George William Bennett Story |
| Nationality: | Australian |
| Party: | Ministerial |
| Spouse: | Ellen Lavinia Fletcher (d.1916) |
| Occupation: | Farmer, miner, general manager |
George William Bennett Story (24 March 1849 – 3 June 1931) was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]
Story was born at Colac, Victoria in 1849 to Thomas Story and his wife Annie (née Bennett). He attended Geelong Grammar School.[1]
He was employed in the farming industry in Victoria and Tasmania and travelled to New Zealand where he worked as a miner. Story arrived in Queensland in 1881 where he became manager of Burhorah and Dareel stations. Later he became a stock and station agent manager for Cobb & Co.[1] In 1875, he was awarded a Gold Medal by the Royal Humane Society for rescuing three people from the flooded South Esk River.[2]
At the 1896 Queensland election, Story won the seat of Balonne as a candidate for the Ministerialists. He served three terms before his defeat in 1904.[1]
In 1907, Story helped establish Sturmfels Ltd. He went on to be manager for the firm until he retired in 1925.[1]
Story had married Ellen Lavinia Fletcher in Tasmania and together they had nine children.[1] He died in Brisbane in 1931[2] and was buried in God's Acre Cemetery at Coopers Plains.[3]