George Brettingham-Moore

George Edward Brettingham-Moore (1846 - 12 August 1919) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly from 1903 to 1909, representing the electorate of West Hobart.[1]

Brettingham-Moore was born in Lincoln in England. He studied civil engineering in England, before going to India to work for the Great Western Peninsular Railway Company. When the railways were nationalised, he spent five years as Deputy Consulting Engineer of Railways to the Government of India, in which he was responsible for an area of 10,000 miles from his base at Kolkata. Following his retirement from the Indian government, he lived in Brittany, France for six years before moving to Tasmania in 1899. He was elected as a City of Hobart councillor in 1902, serving in that role for six years. He became involved in business during his years in parliament, serving as director of a mining company and local director for a hydroelectric company. Later, he became involved in pastoral interests, purchasing the Darlington estate on Maria Island and a 10,000 acre estate at Rheban, on the mainland opposite the island.[2][3]

He was elected to the House of Assembly at the 1903 state election and was re-elected in 1906 before retiring due to ill-health in 1909. He was particularly interested in railway and hydroelectric issues in his time in parliament.[2]

He died in August 1919 and was buried at Cornelian Bay Cemetery.[2] His son, Hubert, later became a successful lawyer and was appointed Crown Solicitor of Tasmania.[4]