George Meares, CMG (June 1825 – 8 December 1903)[1] was Mayor of Melbourne 1880 and 1881,[2] and a member of the Victorian Legislative Council 1882 to 1886.
[3] Meares was the son of George Rochfort Meares, of County Westmeath, Ireland,[2] and emigrated to Australia, arriving in Sydney in 1847 and moving to Melbourne in 1852.
He married in 1864 Miss Sarah Brooker Dixon, and was created C.M.G.
[2] Meares represented North Yarra Province in the Victorian Legislative Council from December 1882 to September 1886.
[3] Meares died in Malvern, Victoria on 8 December 1903; he had three sons, and three daughters, his wife died in 1875.