George Cash

George Cash AM
14th President of the Western Australian Legislative Council
In office 27 May 1997 – 21 May 2001
Premier	Richard Court
Preceded by	Clive Griffiths
Succeeded by	John Cowdell
Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council
In office 22 May 1989 – 22 May 2009 Serving with Berinson, Edwards, Piantadosi, Dermer, Travers, Giffard, Burton, Pike, MacLean, Davies, Lightfoot, Cadby, Evans, Halligan, Collier, Hodgson, Watson
Constituency	North Metropolitan
Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
In office 1984 – 22 May 1989
Preceded by	Ray O'Connor
Succeeded by	seat abolished
Constituency	Mount Lawley
Personal details
Born	(1946-09-12) 12 September 1946 Subiaco, Western Australia
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Liberal Party
Children	Michaelia Cash
Alma mater	University of Western Australia

Samuel Ernest ("George") Cash, AM (born 12 September 1946 in Subiaco, Western Australia) is a former Australian politician. Elected to parliament in the 1989 state election, he was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council representing the North Metropolitan Region for the Liberal Party. Between 1984 and 1989 Cash served as the member for Mount Lawley in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly also as a member of the Liberal Party.

Biography

He was awarded a Bachelor of Laws and later a Master of Laws at the University of Western Australia, later completing a Bachelor of Business. He worked as a business proprietor and a company director before entering parliament.

In 1984, Cash was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Assembly as the member for Mount Lawley following a by-election called after then premier Ray O'Connor resigned from parliament. He was re-elected in 1986 but the seat was then abolished in a redistribution in 1988. Cash then switched to the Western Australian Legislative Council and was elected in the 1989 state election under the new proportional system in effect for the council. He served 20 years in that chamber, including four years as President between 1997 and 2001, while Richard Court was Premier, and several years thereafter as deputy president. He announced his retirement before the 2008 election and his term ended on 21 May 2009.

In 2010 Cash was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for service to the Parliament of Western Australia, and to the community.