George Wells Smailes (1 January 1862 – 9 January 1934) was an Australian politician in the New South Wales parliament, representing the electoral district of Granville for Labor from 17 July 1894 to 5 July 1898, and was a Methodist minister.
He apparently changed his surname from Smailes to Wells-Smailes in New Zealand.
He moved to New Zealand in 1902, where he was an Anglican vicar at Te Aroha then Ōpōtiki.
He was sent home early by Colonel Logan, and a confidential report by the Anglican Bishop of Auckland (who did not know him personally, as he was not a vicar in his diocese) to the Minister of Defence said he was an adventurer and "cad", He died in Auckland in 1934.
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