George Harris (Queensland politician)

The Hon George Harris
George Harris, circa 1870
Member of the Queensland Legislative Council
In office 23 May 1860 – 31 August 1876
Personal details
Born	George Harris 1831 London, England
Died	1891 (aged 59–60) Brisbane, Australia
Resting place	Toowong Cemetery
Nationality	English Australian
Spouse(s)	Jane Thorn (m.1860 d.1917)
Relations	George Thorn (father-in-law), Charles Hill (son-in-law), Richard Casey, (son-in-law), Lord Casey, (grandson)
Occupation	Gold miner, Importer, Exporter

George Harris (1831–1891) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Council.

George Harris was born in 1831 in London, England, the son of John Harris and his wife Sarah (née Walton). His family immigrated to Australia when he was two years old.

George Harris and his brother John Harris arrived in Brisbane in about 1848. They opened a store in South Brisbane and a warehouse and wharf at Short Street (at the southern end of Alice Street, where Gardens Point Road is today). They traded under the name Messrs. J. and G. Harris, merchants. The partnership was dissolved some years later, after which George Harris then embarked in business as a merchant on his own account under the name Messrs. George Harris and Co, a business he continued to operate until his death.

On 13 October 1860, he married Jane Thorn, the daughter of George Thorn (senior) of the Normanby pastoral station and a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, at St Paul's Church in Ipswich, Queensland. Jane's brother George Thorn would later also enter the Queensland Legislative Assembly and become Queensland Premier. The couple had the following children:

Daughter Edith Maud married George Condamine Taylor of Bellevue Homestead, Esk in 1883. After his death, she married again in 1901 to Charles Lumley Hill, a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for the electoral districts of Gregory and Cook.