George Casper Adolph Maria Prosper Dankel (6 March 1864 – 31 May 1926) was one of the first members of the Australian House of Representatives who was not of ancestral origin to the areas of the United Kingdom in the 19th century.

He was born in the Duchy of Brunswick, which a few years after his birth became part of the German Empire and, given the social tensions generated by World War I, it is understandable he chose to retire in the 1917 election.

[3] Dankel left the German Empire for Australia at the age of 15, primarily to avoid military service.

With World War I underway, the All-British League secured 17,000 signatures on a petition calling for Dankel's resignation or dismissal from parliament.

With Billy Hughes and 21 others, he left the ALP to form the Nationalist Party, which was in favour of compulsory military service.