George Charles Sim

George Sim
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Carpentaria
In office 11 April 1896 – 25 March 1899
Preceded by	George Phillips
Succeeded by	James Forsyth
Personal details
Born	George Charles Sim 1847 Bradford, Yorkshire, England
Died	17 May 1922 (aged 74 or 75) Wynnum, Queensland, Australia
Resting place	Toowong Cemetery
Nationality	English Australian
Political party	Labour Party
Occupation	Journalist

George Charles Sim (1847 – 17 May 1922) was a journalist, and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

Sim was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, to parents David Sim and his wife Margaret (née Anderson). After receiving his education in Bradford, he arrived in Australia where he became a prospector and mining expert in 1870. He then became a journalist for the Carpentaria Times before moving to Brisbane to continue his career in journalism.

Sim, after unsuccessfully contesting the seat of Burke in 1890, won the seat of Carpentaria in the Queensland Legislative Assembly in 1896. He held the seat for three years before being defeated in 1899.

Sim died at Wynnum in 1922 and was buried in the Toowong Cemetery.

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