George Anderson (19 November 1819 – 4 November 1896) was a

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politician in the

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. He was elected at the 1868 general election as one of the three Members of Parliament (MPs) for

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, taking the extra seat created for the city by the

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. Anderson held the seat until he

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in March 1885 by becoming

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, to take up the post of Deputy Master of the Mint in

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, Australia.

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* Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Glasgow constituencies 1819 births 1896 deaths Scottish Liberal Party MPs UK MPs 1868–1874 UK MPs 1874–1880 UK MPs 1880–1885 British expatriates in Australia Presidents of Co-operative Congress {{Scotland-Liberal-UK-MP-stub