BROWNE, GEORGE FRANCIS COLLINS (1831-85) was the son of John Collins Browne, of Holsworthy, Devon. He was educated at Grosvenor College, Bath, and emigrated in 1852 to Melbourne. After spending ten years in Australia he came to Otago and settled at Waitahuna, where he was engaged in mining for 16 years. He represented that constituency in the Provincial Council from 1871 until the abolition. In 1876 he moved to Lawrence, where he took a leading part in public life. He was a member of the school committee and the hospital committee and leader of the opposition in the parliamentary union. In 1884 he contested the Tuapeka seat in Parliament against J. C. Brown. Browne died on 5 Jun 1885.

Tuapeka Times, 6 Jun 1885.

Reference: Volume 1, page 68

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