William Sawers
William Sawers | |
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| 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 |
| Party | Protectionist Party |
| Occupation | Grazier |
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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.