William Sawers

The Honourable
William Sawers
The Honourable William Sawers
Member of the Australian Parliament; for New England
	In office; 29 March 1901 – 16 December 1903
Preceded by	New seat
Succeeded by	Edmund Lonsdale
Personal details
Born	1844; Stirlingshire, Scotland
Died	19 May 1916 (aged 71–72); Neutral Bay, New South Wales, Australia
Nationality	Scottish Australian
Political party	Protectionist Party
Occupation	Grazier

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

^ Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 24 May 2008.
^ "Mr William Bowie Stewart Campbell Sawers (1844-1916)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
^ "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 Richard Machattie	Member for Bourke 1885–1886 Served alongside: Barton	Succeeded by Alexander Wilson
Preceded by Albert Piddington	Member for Tamworth 1898–1901	Succeeded by Raymond Walsh
Parliament of Australia
New seat	Member for New England 1901–1903	Succeeded by Edmund Lonsdale

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[Psephos-1] Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 24 May 2008.

[William_Sawers_NSW_Parl-2] "Mr William Bowie Stewart Campbell Sawers (1844-1916)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.

[tdo-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.

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