George Poe Wuerch (born 1936) is an American politician and a member of the Republican Party.

[1] In the 2003 mayoral election, he was defeated for reelection by former city assemblyman Mark Begich.

A retired United States Marine Corps officer with 21 years of service, Wuerch has also been governmental affairs manager for the Northwest Alaskan Gasline, the founder and president of Fluor Daniel Alaska Engineering, and the vice president of corporate affairs for the Alyeska Pipeline Service Company.

While in OSU Wuerch was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity.

As mayor of Anchorage, George Wuerch removed a gay pride exhibit from the Loussac Library creating controversy and a lawsuit against the city.