George Salier

George Salier was an Australian politician.
Salier was born in 1813. He arrived in Tasmania in 1839 and went on to be a prominent merchant, shipowner and whaler.
He owned four ships that made 30 whaling voyages from Hobart between 1868 and 1888.
In 1866 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly, representing the seat of Hobart Town. He resigned in 1869, was re-elected in 1870 and transferred to the new seat of North Hobart in 1871. In 1886 he moved to the Tasmanian Legislative Council, representing the seat of Hobart until his death in Hobart in 1892.