George Gear is a former Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n politician and government minister.

Gear was born in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia

Kalgoorlie, Western Australia

Kalgoorlie, known as Kalgoorlie-Boulder, is a town in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, and is located east-northeast of state capital Perth at the end of the Great Eastern Highway...

 and received a Bachelor of Education

Bachelor of Education

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 at Mount Lawley College Advanced Education

Edith Cowan University

Edith Cowan University is located in Perth, Western Australia. It was named after the first woman to be elected to an Australian Parliament, Edith Cowan, and is the only Australian university named after a woman....

 a Diploma of Electrical Engineering at Fremantle

Fremantle, Western Australia

Fremantle is a city in Western Australia, located at the mouth of the Swan River. Fremantle Harbour serves as the port of Perth, the state capital. Fremantle was the first area settled by the Swan River colonists in 1829...

 Technical College and a Diploma of Technical Teaching from Perth

Perth, Western Australia

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 Technical College. He was a teacher of electrical trades before running for Parliament

Parliament of Australia

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. He married Carol Howman in 1969 and they have one son and one daughter.

Gear was elected for the Australian Labor Party

Australian Labor Party

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 as the member for the seat of Tangney

Division of Tangney

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 at the 1983 election

Australian federal election, 1983

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 for the Australian House of Representatives

Australian House of Representatives

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. At the 1984 election, he won the seat of Canning

Division of Canning

The Division of Canning is an Australian Electoral Division in Western Australia. The division was created in 1949 and is named for Alfred Canning, the Western Australian government surveyor who surveyed the Canning Stock Route...

. He was Government Whip from May 1990 to March 1993 was appointed Assistant Treasurer

Treasurer of Australia

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 in the second Keating ministry

Second Keating Ministry

The Second Keating Ministry was the sixtieth Australian Commonwealth ministry. It was led by Paul Keating of the Australian Labor Party, and held office from 24 March 1993 to 11 March 1996...

 in March 1993. He lost his seat at the March 1996 election.

Gear is Chairman of Rural Australia Investments Limited.