| Office1: | Mayor of Fraser Coast |
| Termstart1: | 5 May 2018 |
| Deputy1: | Denis Chapman |
| Predecessor1: | Chris Loft |
| Office2: | Deputy Mayor of Fraser Coast |
| Term Start2: | 1 May 2013 |
| Term End2: | 5 May 2018 |
| Predecessor2: | Trevor McDonald |
| Successor2: | Darren Everard |
| Office3: | Fraser Coast Councillor for Division 10 |
| Term Start3: | 28 April 2012 |
| Term End3: | 5 May 2018 |
| Predecessor3: | New division |
| Successor3: | Zane O'Keefe |
| Honorific-Prefix: | Councillor |
| Nationality: | Australian |
| Party: | Independent |
| Otherparty: | Australian Labor Party |
| Spouse: | Melissa Seymour |
| Children: | 1 |
| Alma Mater: | University of the Sunshine Coast |
| Occupation: | Lawyer Disability Support Worker |
George Nathan Seymour is an Australian politician currently serving as the mayor of Fraser Coast Region in Queensland.[1] [2] Prior to his election to the mayoralty in a 2018 by-election,[3] Seymour served as the Deputy mayor of Fraser Coast from 2013 to 2018,[4] and the Councillor for Division 10 from 2012 to 2018. He also served as Acting Mayor between February and May 2018.[5] Seymour was re-elected in 2020 with one of the highest primary votes in the State of 77.55%[6] and again in 2024 with a primary vote of 74.89%.[7]
He was the Deputy Chairperson of the Queensland Heritage Council[8] and has published books about Queensland history and architecture, including biographies of the writer Cecil Lowther (Bannerman)[9] and the architect Philip Oliver Ellard Hawkes.[10] His most recent book, "Public Life" published in 2022, is a history of local government in Maryborough, Queensland and the 52 people who served as the mayor of Maryborough from the period of Maryborough Council being formed in 1861 and being amalgamated into the Fraser Coast Region in 2008.[11]
He has been on the national board of Regional Capitals Australia for a number of years, serving as treasurer and Queensland representative[12] and is the current chairperson of the Wide Bay Burnett Regional Organisation of Councils. [13]
He is the Wide Bay Burnett representative on the policy executive of the Local Government Association of Queensland.[14]