George Anderson (Australian politician)

George Anderson (1 November 1844 – 13 April 1919) was an English-born Australian politician.

He was born in Lancaster to merchant navy captain Eugene Anderson and Susan Morton.

After moving to New South Wales in 1866, he joined the police force and in 1888 established scouring works at Rose Valley.

In 1894, he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Independent Free Trade member for Waterloo.

Re-elected as a formal Free Trader in 1895, 1898, and 1901; he defected to the Progressive Party but was defeated running for Alexandria in 1904.