George Pollock

George Pollock (27 June 1890 – 24 March 1939) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. He was the Speaker of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1932 until 1939 and died by a self-administered gunshot wound in Parliament House in 1939.

Biography Pollock was born at Charters Towers, Queensland, the son of Matthew Pollock and his wife Naomi (née Gauvin). He was educated at Richmond Hill State School in Charters Towers and he strictly interpreted the standing orders and kept close control over the House.

A complete nervous and mental breakdown. Cannot carry on. Too much pain. He signed his name to it and underneath was a postscript which read: My poor, tortured brain. Goodbye to my loved ones.

His body was found when the manageress of the parliamentary refreshment room, (Miss Curnow) went to inquire what Pollock would like for lunch. She went back to the refreshment rooms and told the Premier what had happened. He went to Pollock's room and found him, apparently dead, and ordered that the doctor and police be immediately summoned. Upon leaving the room, Forgan Smith forgot to leave it unlocked and the police had to gain entrance by walking along a narrow parapet on the first floor and climbing through the window.

Besides some of his parliamentary colleagues, his funeral, which was held the next day, was a private affair. It proceeded from the funeral parlour of K.M. Smith in South Brisbane to the Mt Thompson Crematorium.