George Philip Barber (26 March 1863 – 7 November 1938) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

After arriving in Queensland Barber took up banana farming and was a handyman at the local meatworks and labourer at a sawmill.

He was also a Petty Officer in the Royal Australian Naval Reserve for the duration of World War I.

In 1891[2] Barber married Mary Nichols[1] (died 1939)[3] in Melbourne and together had two sons and two daughters.

[4] Following the resignation of Thomas Glassey to join the Australian Senate,[5] Barber, a member of the Labour Party, won the resulting by-election in 1901 for the seat of Bundaberg in the Queensland Legislative Assembly.