George Meares, CMG (June 1825 – 8 December 1903)[1] was Mayor of Melbourne 1880 and 1881,[2] and a member of the Victorian Legislative Council 1882 to 1886.[3]

Meares was the son of George Rochfort Meares, of County Westmeath, Ireland,[2] and emigrated to Australia, arriving in Sydney in 1847 and moving to Melbourne in 1852.[1] He was Mayor of Melbourne in 1880 and 1881, and a commissioner and member of the executive committee for the Melbourne International Exhibition (1880). He married in 1864 Miss Sarah Brooker Dixon, and was created C.M.G. in 1882.[2]

Meares represented North Yarra Province in the Victorian Legislative Council from December 1882 to September 1886.[3]

Meares died in Malvern, Victoria on 8 December 1903; he had three sons, and three daughters, his wife died in 1875.[1] He was the grandfather of Ainslie Meares.

Further reading

  • Anonymous (9 December 1903). "Death of Mr. George Meares". The Argus: 9. ISSN 1833-9719. Wikidata Q108355739. {{cite journal}}: |author1= has generic name (help)
  • Anonymous (12 December 1903). "An ex-mayor". The Argus: 23. ISSN 1833-9719. Wikidata Q108360385. {{cite journal}}: |author1= has generic name (help)

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Death of Mr. George Meares". The Argus. Melbourne. 9 December 1903. p. 9. Retrieved 25 August 2014 – via Trove.
  2. 1 2 3 Mennell, Philip (1892). "Meares, George" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
  3. 1 2 "George Meares". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2022.

 

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