George Meares

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.

References
  1. "Death of Mr. George Meares". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 9 December 1903. p. 9. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  2. Mennell, Philip (1892). "Meares, George" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
  3. "Meares, George". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012.
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
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