| 词条 | George Dibbs |
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|honorific-prefix = The Honourable |name = Sir George Dibbs |honorific-suffix = KCMG |image =George Dibbs Federation Conference 1884.jpg|Dibbs as depicted at the Federation Conference, while New South Wales Colonial Treasurer, 1884 |order =10th Premier of New South Wales |term_start1 =7 October 1885 |term_end1 =21 December 1885 |predecessor1 =Alexander Stuart |successor1 =John Robertson |term_start2 =17 January 1889 |term_end2 =7 March 1889 |predecessor2 =Henry Parkes |successor2 =Henry Parkes |term_start3 =23 October 1891 |term_end3 =2 August 1894 |predecessor3 =Henry Parkes |successor3 =George Reid |birth_date ={{birth date|1834|10|12|df=y}} |birth_place =Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |death_date ={{death date and age|1904|08|05|1834|10|12|df=y}} |death_place =Hunters Hill, New South Wales, Australia |nationality =British subject |party =Protectionist Party |constituency =West Sydney (1874–1877) St Leonards (1882–1885) Murrumbidgee (1885–1894) Tamworth (1894–1895) |spouse = Anne Maria Robey |children = }} Sir George Richard Dibbs KCMG (12 October 1834 – 5 August 1904) was an Australian politician who was Premier of New South Wales on three occasions. Early yearsDibbs was born in Sydney, son of Captain John Dibbs, who disappeared in the same year. He was educated at the Australian College under Dr Lang, obtained a position as a young man in a Sydney wine merchant's business, and afterwards was in partnership as a merchant with a brother. In 1857, he married Anne Maria Robey. He travelled abroad, and established a branch in Valparaiso in 1865, which involved running a Spanish blockade during the Chincha Islands War. In 1867 his business failed and he went bankrupt, but eight years later called his one time creditors together and paid them all in full.[1] Political career{{see also|Dibbs ministry (1885)|Dibbs ministry (1889)|Dibbs ministry (1891–94)}}Dibbs entered parliament in 1874 as MLA for West Sydney,[2] as a supporter of business interests and compulsory, secular and free education, which involved withdrawal of the support from denominational schools, provided under the Education Act of 1866. He lost his seat at the 1877 election due to his support for assisted immigration, which gave him a reputation as an "enemy of labour". Subsequently, a seamen's strike broke out against the Australian Steam Navigation Co, because it had begun to employ Chinese sailors on the Australian coast, and he was obliged as a director of the company to defend its policy, further reducing his popularity. In 1880 he was sentenced to HM Prison Darlinghurst for a year for refusing to pay a slander judgement to a lawyer named Shepherd who had committed adultery with Dibbs' sister-in-law. During his incarceration he was reported in the Sydney Morning Herald as having a suite of rooms, his own manservant to make life tolerable, and a woodworking shop where he made gifts for some 3500 visitors. Ladies decorated his cell with flowers. [3]. Dibbs was perceived by the electorate as the virtuous underdog, Shepherd as the villain, and on his release on 6 May 1881, he found his political popularity restored.[4] In 1882, he won St Leonards with the support of the unions. In January 1883 he was given the portfolio of Colonial Treasurer in the Stuart ministry, and was committed to continued railway-building although revenue was under pressure due to a suspension of land sales. The Assembly refused to pass an increase in property tax, so he decided to borrow an unprecedented £14m, giving him a subsequent reputation for extravagance. Stuart resigned due to ill-health in October 1885 and Dibbs became Premier. In the October 1885 elections, he was beaten by Henry Parkes in St Leonards, but he won Murrumbidgee. Although his government polled badly overall, he attempted to govern on, but he was forced to resign after less than three months when it became clear that there would be a budget deficit of over £1m.[4] Dibbs was Colonial Secretary in the Jennings ministry from February 1886 to January 1887, and became Premier again on 17 January 1889, but was succeeded by Parkes a few weeks later. He had been a convinced free-trader, but gradually moved into the opposite camp, and was responsible for the first New South Wales protectionist tariff. When Parkes resigned in October 1891 Dibbs came into power in a time of great financial stress. He went to England in June 1892 on a borrowing mission, not only as the representative of New South Wales but also of Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania, and carried out his negotiations successfully. During the banking crisis of May 1893 he showed himself to be a firm leader, saving the situation at Sydney by giving the banks power to issue inconvertible paper money for a period,[1] although most of them failed to take advantage and went bankrupt. In 1893, his electoral reform removed rural over-representation.[4] He was elected as the member for Tamworth in 1894.[2] He later received a substantial public testimonial for his services at this time. FederationDibbs had little influence on the question of federation. He was a member of the 1891 convention and sat on the judiciary committee, but was never more than a lukewarm advocate for it. In June 1894, writing to Sir James Patterson, then Premier of Victoria, he suggested the unification of New South Wales and Victoria, in the hope that the other colonies would join in later on. A few weeks later his ministry was defeated at a general election and Reid became Premier in August. In the following year Dibbs lost his seat at the election held in July,[1] having been portrayed as reactionary and unprincipled by William Lyne.[4] Later lifeDibbs retired from public life, and was appointed managing trustee of the savings bank of New South Wales. He held this position until his death in the Sydney suburb of Hunter's Hill in 1904. He was survived by Lady Dibbs, two sons and nine daughters.[1] HonoursDibbs had been created KCMG in July 1892.[1] References1. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web | first=Percival | last=Serle | title =Dibbs, Sir George Richard (1834–1904) | publisher =Project Gutenberg Australia | work=Dictionary of Australian Biography | url =http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks15/1500721h/0-dict-biogD.html#dibbs1 | accessdate = 16 April 2007}} {{s-start}}{{s-off}}{{succession box|2. ^1 {{cite web |title = Sir George Richard Dibbs (1834–1904) |work = Members of Parliament |publisher = Parliament of New South Wales |url = http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/members.nsf/1fb6ebed995667c2ca256ea100825164/f4f916f01035a6c4ca256cb700122c14?OpenDocument |accessdate = 16 April 2007 |deadurl = yes |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080415192957/http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/members.nsf/1fb6ebed995667c2ca256ea100825164/f4f916f01035a6c4ca256cb700122c14?OpenDocument |archivedate = 15 April 2008 |df = dmy-all}} 3. ^{{cite book|last1=Campbell|first1=T.W.|title=George Richard Dibbs|date=2000|publisher=T.W. Campbell|location=Canberra, ACT, Australia|isbn=0 646 37588 1|pages=24-25}} 4. ^1 2 3 {{cite web | first=Bruce E. | last=Mansfield | title =Dibbs, Sir George Richard (1834–1904) | publisher =Australian National University | work=Australian Dictionary of Biography | url =http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A040063b.htm | accessdate = 16 April 2007}} title=Premier of New South Wales| before=Alexander Stuart| after=John Robertson| years=1885| }}{{succession box| title=Premier of New South Wales| before=Henry Parkes| after=Henry Parkes| years=1889| }}{{succession box| title=Premier of New South Wales| before=Henry Parkes| after=George Reid| years=1891–1894| }}{{s-par|au-nsw}}{{succession box | title=Member for West Sydney | before=Joseph Wearne | after=James Merriman | years=1874–1877 | alongside=Booth, Cameron, Dangar}}{{succession box | title=Member for St Leonards | before=James Farnell | after=Henry Parkes | years=1882–1885 | alongside=Holtermann}}{{succession box | title=Member for Murrumbidgee | before=Auber Jones George Loughnan | after=Thomas Fitzpatrick || years=1885–1894 | alongside=Gormly, Bolton/Gale/Copland/Rae}}{{succession box | title=Member for Tamworth | before=William Dowel Robert Levien | after=Albert Piddington | years=1894–1895}}{{s-end}}{{Premiers of New South Wales}}{{Treasurers of New South Wales}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Dibbs, George Richard}} 7 : Premiers of New South Wales|Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly|Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George|1834 births|1904 deaths|Treasurers of New South Wales|19th-century Australian politicians |
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