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:''Not to be confused with his (probably unrelated) contemporary James William Cole'' George William Cole (15 January 1823 – 4 December 1893) was a politician in the colony of South Australia. ==History== He was born in Lindfield, Sussex the son of George Cole (2 May 1792 – 20 November 1853) and Jane Cole (c. 1787 – 3 April 1861); they arrived in South Australia on 9 July 1839 on the ''Lysander''. He was employed as City Valuator from around 1865. He was, like his father, a confirmed teetotaler, active in the Bible Christian Missionary Society and the Total Abstinence Society and important in the founding of Rechabites in South Australia. He was a lay preacher for the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Adelaide. He was a member of Parliament for the seats of Burra and Clare 1860–1862, with fellow teetotaler William Dale as his associate, and The Burra 1862–1866, when he resigned. He fought for abolition of liquor and closing of railways on Sundays. In the 1850s he lived next door to the Temperance Hall〔Architect for the Temperance Hall was James William Cole, who was member for West Torrens 1857–1860, but it is not known whether there is a family connection.〕 in Tynte Street, North Adelaide; later at Lymington Cottage, Melbourne Street, North Adelaide. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George William Cole」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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