John Hannibal George


John Hannibal George was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.
George was born in 1901 at Roxburgh. After his education at Otago Boys' High School, he became a fruit grower.
He won the Central Otago electorate in 1954 after William Bodkin retired. The electorate was renamed to Otago Central in 1957, and George held it to 1969, when he retired.
He was Chairman of Committees from 1967 to 1969. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to politics in the 1970 New Year Honours. He died in 1996.