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William Sawers

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William Sawers
Member of the Australian Parliament
for New England
In office
29 March 1901 – 16 December 1903
Preceded byNew seat
Succeeded byEdmund Lonsdale
Personal details
Born1844
Stirlingshire, Scotland
Died19 May 1916 (aged 71–72)
Neutral Bay, New South Wales, Australia
NationalityScottish Australian
Political partyProtectionist Party
OccupationGrazier

William Bowie Stewart Campbell Sawers (1844 – 19 May 1916) was a Scottish-born Australian politician. Born in Stirlingshire in Scotland, where he was educated, he migrated to Australia in 1865, becoming a grazier with large holdings. In 1885 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the member for Bourke, holding the seat until 1886; later, in 1898, he was elected to the seat of Tamworth. In 1901 he resigned from the Legislative Assembly in order to contest the first federal election as the Protectionist candidate for New England; he won narrowly. He was defeated in 1903 by a Free Trade candidate. Sawers died in 1916.[1][2][3]

References

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  1. ^ Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 24 May 2008.
  2. ^ "Mr William Bowie Stewart Campbell Sawers (1844-1916)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  3. ^ "DEATH OF MR. SAWERS". The Tamworth Daily Observer. Vol. VI, no. 116. New South Wales, Australia. 24 May 1916. p. 3. Retrieved 7 November 2021 – via National Library of Australia.

 

New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Member for Bourke
1885–1886
Served alongside: Barton
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member for Tamworth
1898–1901
Succeeded by
Parliament of Australia
New seat Member for New England
1901–1903
Succeeded by