George Seawright

George Seawright
Member of Belfast City Council
In office
15 May 1985 – October 1986
Preceded byDistrict created
Succeeded byElizabeth Seawright
ConstituencyCourt
In office
20 May 1981 – 15 May 1985
Preceded byJames Weir
Succeeded byDistrict abolished
ConstituencyBelfast Area E
Member of the
Northern Ireland Assembly
for Belfast North
In office
1982–1986
Personal details
Bornc. 1951
Glasgow, Scotland
Died3 December 1987
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Manner of deathAssassination (gunshot wounds)
Political partyProtestant Unionist (1985–1987)
Democratic Unionist Party (until 1984)
SpouseElizabeth Seawright
Children3
'True Brit' newspaper cover, 1997

George Seawright (c.1951[1] – 3 December 1987) was a Scottish-born unionist politician in Northern Ireland and loyalist paramilitary in the Ulster Volunteer Force. He was assassinated by the Irish People's Liberation Organisation in 1987.