Sir George Victor Lansell

Sir George Victor Lansell (3 October 1883 – 9 January 1959) was an English-born Australian politician.

Lansell was born in London the elder son of mining entrepreneur of George Lansell (the Bendigo 'Quartz King'), and his second wife Harriet Edith, née Bassford.

He was educated at St Andrew's College, Bendigo and at Melbourne Grammar School, and in 1906 inherited his father's estate of £6 million. He owned the Bendigo Independent newspaper and merged it with the Bendigo Advertiser in 1918, and was chairman of a large number of media and other companies around regional Victoria.

During World War I he served in the AIF with the 38th Battalion, becoming a captain but being wounded on the Western Front. In 1923 he was awarded the Volunteer Decoration and promoted to commanding officer of his battalion; he was raised to the rank of lieutenant-colonel in 1927 and appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1937. In 1944 he defected to the Country Party, but he joined the Liberal and Country Party in 1949;