| George Westbrook | |
| Office: | Member of the Legislative Council |
| Term Start: | 1924 |
| Term End: | 1929 |
| Birth Date: | 1860 |
| Birth Place: | Camberwell, United Kingdom |
| Death Date: | 31 January 1939 (aged 78) |
| Death Place: | Apia, Western Samoa |
| Profession: | Businessman |
George Egerton Leigh Westbrook (1860–31 January 1939) was a Western Samoan businessman and politician. He was a member of the Legislative Council from 1924 until 1929.
Born in Camberwell in London England,[1] Westbrook sailed to New Zealand on the full-rigged ship Famenoth, before beginning to travel the Pacific.[2] He moved between Tahiti, the Marshall Islands and the Caroline Islands, before settling in Samoa in 1891.[3] He became a shop keeper,[4] married a Samoan woman,[5] and was the Apia correspondent for the New Zealand Herald.[6]
In January 1924 Westbrook successfully contested the first elections to the Samoan Legislative Council, becoming one of the first three elected members.[7] He was re-elected in the 1926 elections.[8] In 1928 Westbrook was declared bankrupt,[9] and he did not run for re-election in 1929. Like fellow elected members Olaf Frederick Nelson and Arthur Williams, he was a member of the anti-colonial Mau movement.[10]
In 1935 he published an autobiographical book named Gods Who Die: The Story of Samoa's Greatest Adventurer about his travels around the Pacific in the late 19th century.[3]
He died on 31 January 1939 at the age of 78.[11]