Laurence George South (February 26, 1925 – October 28, 2022) was a Canadian politician in Ontario.
He worked as an engineer with the Ontario Water Resources Commission (later, Ministry of the Environment) in Toronto and then Kingston.
South was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1985 provincial election, defeating Progressive Conservative incumbent J. Earl McEwen by about 2,500 votes in the eastern Ontario riding of Frontenac—Addington.
[3] He was a backbench supporter of David Peterson's government during his time in the legislature, and served as a parliamentary assistant in 1987 and 1988–1989.
South died at his home near Gananoque, Ontario, on October 28, 2022, at the age of 97.