George Robertson Burns (1847 – 5 November 1893) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

[1] Burns was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, the son of Graham Burns and his wife Jessie (née McGregor) and was educated in Edinburgh public schools and the Ayr Academy.

He then travelled to the United States of America before arriving in Queensland in 1875 and employed as an engineer at Hambledon's plantation in Cairns.

[1] Burns died at Keppel Bay aboard the SS Airlie in November 1893[1] and was buried in Townsville's West End Cemetery.

[3] Burns won the junior position in the two-member seat of Townsville for the Ministerialists at the 1893 Queensland colonial election.