| Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
| George McIlraith | |
| Office: | Solicitor General of Canada |
| Primeminister: | Pierre Trudeau |
| Term Start: | 6 July 1968 |
| Term End: | 21 December 1970 |
| Predecessor: | John Turner |
| Successor: | Jean-Pierre Goyer |
| Office1: | Minister of Public Works |
| Primeminister1: | Lester B. Pearson Pierre Trudeau |
| Term Start1: | 7 July 1965 |
| Term End1: | 5 July 1968 |
| Predecessor1: | Lucien Cardin |
| Successor1: | Arthur Laing |
| Office2: | Minister of Justice Attorney General of Canada |
| Primeminister2: | Lester B. Pearson |
| Term Start2: | 30 June 1965 |
| Term End2: | 6 July 1965 |
| Predecessor2: | Guy Favreau |
| Successor2: | Lucien Cardin |
| Termlabel2: | Acting |
| Office3: | President of the Privy Council |
| Primeminister3: | Lester B. Pearson |
| Term Start3: | 3 February 1964 |
| Term End3: | 6 July 1965 |
| Predecessor3: | Maurice Lamontagne |
| Successor3: | Guy Favreau |
| Office4: | Minister of National Revenue |
| Primeminister4: | Lester B. Pearson |
| Term Start4: | 19 March 1964 |
| Term End4: | 28 June 1964 |
| Predecessor4: | Jack Garland |
| Successor4: | Edgar Benson |
| Termlabel4: | Acting |
| Office5: | Minister of Transport |
| Primeminister5: | Lester B. Pearson |
| Term Start5: | 22 April 1963 |
| Term End5: | 2 February 1964 |
| Predecessor5: | Léon Balcer |
| Successor5: | Jack Pickersgill |
| Office6: | Senator for Ottawa Valley, Ontario |
| Term Start6: | 27 April 1972 |
| Term End6: | 29 July 1981 |
| Appointed6: | Pierre Trudeau |
| Riding7: | Ottawa Centre |
| Parliament7: | Canadian |
| Term Start7: | 25 June 1968 |
| Term End7: | 26 April 1972 |
| Predecessor7: | Riding created |
| Successor7: | Hugh Poulin |
| Riding8: | Ottawa West |
| Parliament8: | Canadian |
| Term Start8: | 26 March 1940 |
| Term End8: | 24 June 1968 |
| Predecessor8: | T. Franklin Ahearn |
| Successor8: | Cyril Lloyd Francis |
| Birth Name: | George James McIlraith |
| Birth Date: | 29 July 1908 |
| Birth Place: | Lanark, Ontario, Canada |
| Party: | Liberal |
| Children: | 4 |
George James McIlraith (29 July 1908 – 19 August 1992) was a lawyer and Canadian Parliamentarian.
The son of James McIlraith and Kate McLeod, he was educated at Osgoode Hall and practised law in Ottawa. In 1935, he married Margaret Summers.[1]
McIlraith was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1940 federal election as the Liberal Member of Parliament for Ottawa West. He was subsequently re-elected on nine successive occasions.
McIlraith joined the Cabinet of Lester Pearson when the Liberals formed government following the 1963 federal election as Minister of Transport. From 1964 until 1967, he was Government House Leader in charge of the Pearson minority government's parliamentary strategy for much of its tenure, including during the Great Flag Debate and parliamentary debates on the introduction of Medicare.
He also served as Pearson's Minister of Public Works from 1965 on, and was also Pierre Trudeau's first public works minister. He served as Solicitor-General of Canada from 1968 until 1970 under Trudeau, who appointed him to the Senate of Canada in 1972.
The George McIlraith Bridge over the Rideau River is named for him.