LEE, GEORGE LESLIE (1814-97) was one of the earliest settlers in Canterbury, taking up, first Highfield, and afterwards Stoke Grange, Moeraki. He represented Amuri in the Nelson Provincial Council (1855-57) and Oxford in the Canterbury Council (1867-70), being a member of Jollie's executive (1868-69). In 1862 he was called to the Legislative Council, of which he was a member till 1870. On giving up farming, Lee became clerk of the Provincial Council and later returning officer for Christchurch. He once owned racehorses, including Nourmahal. He married (1857) a daughter of Colonel Fuller. He died on 15 Sep 1897.

Parlty Record; Nelson and Canterbury P.C. Proc.; Roberts; Lyttelton Times and The Press, 16 Sep 1897.

Reference: Volume 1, page 262

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