George Randell | |
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| Member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia | |
| In office 25 January 1875 – 1 May 1878 | |
| Preceded by | Edmund Birch |
| Succeeded by | Stephen Henry Parker |
| Constituency | Perth |
| In office 5 July 1880 – 21 October 1890 | |
| Preceded by | Richard Hardey |
| Succeeded by | None (council reconstituted) |
| Constituency | None (nominated by governor) |
| In office 17 July 1893 – 16 July 1894 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Bush |
| Succeeded by | None (council reconstituted) |
| Constituency | None (nominated by governor) |
| In office 28 May 1897 – 21 May 1910 | |
| Preceded by | Stephen Henry Parker |
| Succeeded by | Walter Kingsmill |
| Constituency | Metropolitan Province |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia | |
| In office 29 November 1890 – 4 July 1892 | |
| Preceded by | None (new seat) |
| Succeeded by | Henry Lefroy |
| Constituency | Moore |
| In office 15 June 1894 – 5 May 1897 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Molloy |
| Succeeded by | Lyall Hall |
| Constituency | Perth |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 October 1830 New Milton, Hampshire, England |
| Died | 2 June 1915 (aged 84) West Perth, Western Australia |
George Randell (5 October 1830 – 2 June 1915) was an Australian businessman and politician. He served intermittently in the Parliament of Western Australia between 1875 and 1910, including as a minister in the government of Sir John Forrest.
Born in England, Randell arrived in Western Australia in 1850, and subsequently gained prominence in Perth as a businessman. He was elected to the Perth City Council in 1870, and then to the colony's Legislative Council in 1875, where he served until 1878. He returned to the Legislative Council in 1880, as an appointee of the governor. In 1890, Randell won election to the seat of Moore in the newly created Legislative Assembly. He resigned in 1892 and was re-appointed to the Legislative Council the following year, but re-entered the Legislative Assembly at the 1894 election, winning the seat of Perth. For a time, Randell led the opposition against the Forrest government, although he eventually joined Forrest's ministry, serving as Colonial Secretary and Minister for Education from 1898 to 1901. He had left the Legislative Assembly again in 1897 to return to the Legislative Council, where he remained until his retirement in 1910.