George Lawson (14 August 1880 – 25 November 1966) was an Australian trade union official and politician.

Lawson was born on 14 August 1880 in the South Pine River district near Caboolture, Queensland.

He was the eighth child born to Irish immigrant parents Ellen (née Rilley) and Alexander Lawson; his father was a farmer.

[1] Lawson was educated at the state school at Warner and subsequently worked as a carrier for a Brisbane firm.

[1] In 1907, Lawson helped establish the Brisbane Trolleymen, Draymen and Carters' Union, becoming its secretary in 1908.