David George Porter (4 September 1921 – 25 February 1998) was a New Zealand architect, company director and politician.

[3] He was motivated to stand due to concerns that the local government was neglecting to engage in properly planned development.

Later Wellington Mayor Sir Michael Fowler later described Porter as an "extremely good" councillor.

[5] Development began on better zoning and planning with many areas of the city combining land usage unhealthily, epitomised by the suburb of Te Aro which in the late 1950s was still a mix of factories, small business retailers amongst hundreds of slum-like houses.

Porter was also instrumental in the inclusion of papakainga into planning schemes to enable Māori to return to live and own property in ancestral lands.

[1] In 1970 he became deputy mayor and was approached to stand for the mayoralty in 1971, though he declined the nomination for "personal reasons", offering himself only for a council seat.

[1] The city council owned George Porter Flats in Hopper Street, Te Aro were named after him.