During the 1970s and 1980s, George co-owned a company that operated two day care centres, originally started in 1949 by her mother Beryl Angus.
[2] George was chosen as mayor of Brantford by a council vote in September 1987, after Dave Neumann resigned the office by virtue of being elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
[4] Describing the closure as a terrible blow to the community, she worked with federal Member of Parliament Derek Blackburn to find new employment opportunities for those affected.
[8] George was instrumental in the decision by Council to construct a new Police Station and to turn a downtown department store into an award-winning library.
She was also instrumental in obtaining $7M in Federal and Provincial Funding to complete the construction of the Icomm Centre which has subsequently become the home of the Brantford Charity Casino.
In 1999, George chaired a citizen's committee that examined payment for councillors, police board members and appointees to Brantford Hydro.