Robert Sayers

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Robert Sayers
Senator for Queensland
In office
1 January 1907  30 June 1913
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Charters Towers
In office
12 May 1888  13 May 1893
Serving with Arthur Rutledge
Succeeded by Anderson Dawson
Personal details
Born (1845-01-27)27 January 1845
Cowes, Isle of Wight
Died 12 May 1919(1919-05-12) (aged 74)
Brisbane, Queensland
Resting place Toowong Cemetery
Nationality English
Political party Anti-Socialist (190709)
Other political
affiliations
Liberal (190913)
Spouse(s) Unmarried
Occupation Gold miner
Religion Church of England

Robert John Sayers (27 January 1845 12 May 1919) was an English-born Australian politician. Born at Cowes, on the Isle of Wight,[1] he was educated in England before migrating to Australia in 1863.[1] He was a goldminer in New South Wales and then Queensland, and became a mine owner in Charters Towers.

Sayers was elected in 1888 to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland as the member for Charters Towers, serving until 1893.[1] In 1906, he was elected to the Australian Senate as an Anti-Socialist Senator for Queensland, joining the Commonwealth Liberal Party in 1909. He was defeated in 1913.

Sayers died in 1919[2] and was buried in Brisbane's Toowong Cemetery.[3][4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  2. Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 2008-11-16.
  3. Sayers Robert John Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search
  4. "Family Notices.". The Brisbane Courier (National Library of Australia). 13 May 1919. p. 6. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
Parliament of Queensland
New seat Member for Charters Towers
1888 – 1893
Served alongside: Arthur Rutledge
Succeeded by
Anderson Dawson


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