George Henry Prosser

George Henry Prosser, born around 1867 and died on 22 August 1941, was a South Australian businessman and politician who is included here for his place in the bowling clubs of Adelaide. He was born at Gawler River, studied at the Grote Street school, and went on to serve on the Adelaide City Council for 27 years. He was mayor of the Town of Kensington and Norwood from 1907 to 1912, president of the Chamber of Commerce, and a company director in the fertiliser and cement trades. From 1921 to 1933 he sat in the South Australian Legislative Council for Central District No. 2. In sport he was captain of the Marryatville Bowling Club, which ties him to the lawn bowls tradition of Adelaide.