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George W. Milias

Republican

Picture of George W. Milias
Date Party Office Votes Result
11-06-1962 Republican AD-22 60113 Win
11-03-1964 Republican AD-22 85334 Win
11-08-1966 Republican AD-22 74144 Win
11-05-1968 Republican AD-22 92456 Win
11-05-1974 Republican CD-13 63573 Loss
 

Candidate Biography:

George Wallace Milias
Born: September 20, 1925 in Gilroy, CA
Married: Mary Ann (in 1962)
University: San Jose State College
Died: October 1, 1977 in Alexandria, Virginia

1957: President, California Republican Assembly
1958-1960: Chairman, California Republican Party
1958-1960: Member, Santa Clara County Planning Commission
1970: Primary Candidate for Secretary of State (Lost)

  • LEGISLATION: Coauthor of the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act (1968), which allows all public employees (including municipal employees) to unionize in California.
  • LEGISLATION: As a member of the Assembly Select Committee on Environmental Quality, Milias was an author of AB 2045 (Chapt. 1433, Stats of 1970) which became the California Environmental Quality Act of 1970 (CEQA).
  • Milias was not named after George Wallace. His middle name came from his mother's maiden name and he was born well before Wallace's political career began in 1946.  

Source: California Blue Book (1963), (1967)