George Sherwood (May 29, 1811 – after 1880) was a judge, lawyer and political figure in Canada West.
[1] Elected a bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada in 1849, Sherwood was named Queen's Counsel in 1856.
When he first entered politics in the general election of 1841, George Sherwood was associated with the Upper Canada Tories.
[4] The Tories disagreed with the Governor General's policy of seeking a broad-base of support in the Legislative Assembly, including Reformers, rather than drawing support solely from the Family Compact, as previous governors of Upper Canada had done.
[1] By 1858 he was a supporter of the Liberal-Conservative party, and entered Cabinet that year in the John A. Macdonald–George-Étienne Cartier ministry.