George Record was born in Rochester, Kent, England and came to Tasmania in 1914 as a boy with his parents. He lived the rest of his life in Launceston, working as a chartered accountant and playing an acitive role in many community organisations. These included Toc H, the Ashley Boys' Home, Glenara Boys Home, the Honorary Justices' Association, the Queen Victoria Hospital, the Tasmanian Cancer Committee, the Baptist Union of Tasmania, the Tasmanian Tree Planting Committee, the Masonic Lodge and the Rotary Club of Launceston. ;;;;When the pre-war polio epidemic broke out in Launceston he became a foundation member of of the Society for the Care of Crippled Children and took a life long interest in the St Giles home. ;;;;He was awarded an OBE in January 1948, and held the Legislative Council seat for Cornwall from October 1948 until 1954 when he did not stand for re-election due to ill health. George Record was survived by his wife Esther [nee Joyce] and daughter Margaret.;;