William Sawers

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)
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]

References

1. Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 2008-05-24.
2. "Mr William Bowie Stewart Campbell Sawers (1844 - 1916)". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 February 2010.