Sir William George Turner (1872 – 14 June 1937) was an American-born unionist politician in Northern Ireland, who served as Lord Mayor of Belfast for over five years.
Born in United States,[1] Turner became a fruiterer on the Shankill Road.
Although he was officially an independent Unionist, he had the backing of the local Conservative Party.
[2] Turner was later successful as an Ulster Unionist Party candidate for the city council.
He served as Lord Mayor of Belfast from 1923 to 1928; his mayoralty also made him an ex-officio member of the Senate of Northern Ireland.