George Meares

For the Welsh cricketer and British Army officer, see George Meares (cricketer).

George Meares CMG
Member of the Victorian Legislative Council for North Yarra Province
In office December 1882 – September 1886
Mayor of Melbourne
In office 1879–1881
Personal details
Born	June 1825 (1825-06) Ireland
Died	8 December 1903 (1904-01) (aged 78) Malvern, Victoria, Australia
Spouse	Sarah Dixon ​ (m. 1864)​
Relatives	Ainslie Meares (granddaughter)

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]

Biography

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.^[citation needed]

Further reading

• "An ex-mayor". The Argus. 12 December 1903. p. 23. ISSN 1833-9719.

References

1. "Death of Mr. George Meares". The Argus. Melbourne. 9 December 1903. p. 9. Retrieved 25 August 2014 – via Trove.
2. Mennell, Philip (1892). "Meares, George" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
3. "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.

 

Preceded by Joseph Story	Mayor of Melbourne 1879–1881	Succeeded by Cornelius Ham
Victorian Legislative Council
New district	Member for North Yarra Province December 1882 – September 1886 With: Francis Beaver 1882–1886 Theodotus Sumner 1882–1883 James Beaney 1883–1886	Succeeded by William Roberts