George Story (politician)

George Story
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Balonne
In office 11 April 1896 – 27 August 1904
Preceded by	Boyd Morehead
Succeeded by	Edward Land
Personal details
Born	George William Bennett Story (1849-03-24)24 March 1849 Colac, Victoria, Australia
Died	3 June 1931(1931-06-03) (aged 82) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Resting place	God's Acre Cemetery
Political 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]