George Seymour (Australian politician)

George Nathan Seymour is an Australian politician currently serving as the mayor of Fraser Coast Region in Queensland.

[1][2] Prior to his election to the mayoralty in a 2018 by-election,[3] Seymour served as the Deputy mayor of Fraser Coast from 2013 to 2018,[4] and the Councillor for Division 10 from 2012 to 2018.

[7] He was the Deputy Chairperson of the Queensland Heritage Council[8] and has published books about Queensland history and architecture, including biographies of the writer Cecil Lowther (Bannerman)[9] and the architect Philip Oliver Ellard Hawkes.

[12] George Seymour is the chairperson of the Fraser Coast Local Disaster Management Group.

[13] In this role he has led the region's response to disasters, including two major floods of the Mary River (Queensland) in 2022.