George Roberts (Western Australian politician)

George Frederick Roberts (2 February 1913 – 22 July 1962) was an Australian politician who was a Liberal Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1955 until his death, representing the seat of Bunbury.

He enlisted in the Australian Army in November 1939, and served as a lieutenant with the 2/11th and 2/33rd Battalions in Europe.

After being discharged in 1941, Roberts returned to Bunbury, where he became the managing director of a local department store, Thomas Hayward & Son.

[1] A founding member of the Liberal Party, he was elected to parliament at the 1955 Bunbury by-election, caused by the death of the sitting Labor member, Frank Guthrie.

Roberts was elected as Chairman of Committees in Legislative Assembly in July 1959.