George Feltham Hopkins (4 September 1856 – 26 January 1897), informally known as "Hop" or "Geordy",[1] was a politician in colonial South Australia.
[2] He was elected to the seat of Port Adelaide in the South Australian House of Assembly and sat from 19 March 1887 to 14 April 1893.
[3] In his campaign speech, Hopkins showed himself in favor of the Totalizator (and blamed the then depression on its discontinuance; that and granting financial aid to local Councils and Corporations, and the Licensing Bench not allowing licences).
He would reduce Civil Service salaries (except for the Customs), disallow Chinese immigration, abolish the Sunday Closing Act.
He had previously shown signs of depression, and his suicide followed a recent history of financial embarrassment in his business as a wine dealer.