George Elvin

George Herbert Elvin (1907 – 3 February 1984) was a British trade union leader.

The son of Herbert Henry Elvin, general secretary of the National Union of Clerks, and brother of Lionel Elvin, who became a prominent educationalist, George devoted his youth to political activism. In 1930, he became the first secretary of the National Workers' Sports Association. This organisation, set up by the Labour Party and Trades Union Congress, was a rival to the communist-led British Workers' Sports Federation and principally organised international competition for workers' sports teams, including sending teams to the International Workers' Olympiads. Through this, Elvin was a leading opponent of holding the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin.

Elvin was also active in the Labour Party. He stood unsuccessfully for the party in Weston-super-Mare at the 1935 United Kingdom general election, Kingston-upon-Thames in 1945, and Oxford in the 1951 and 1955. He did succeed in gaining election as a councillor in Southend-on-Sea.