George Deane Mitchell (30 August 1894 – 11 January 1961) was an Australian politician and an Independent member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for a single term between 1941 and 1944.
Mitchell enlisted in the First Australian Imperial Force at the outbreak of World War One and served in the Middle East and France between 1914 and 1919.
Mitchell had several other occupations including potato farming in Dorrigo, owning a motor garage and car sales agency and script writing for the Australian film industry.
He was easily defeated by the United Australia Party incumbent member and Minister for Local Government and Public Works, Lewis Martin.
[2] Mitchell reversed the result with a surprise victory in the landslide defeat of Alexander Mair's conservative coalition government at the 1941 election.