William Sawers

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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.^[1]

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Parliament of Australia
Preceded by new seat	Member for New England 1901 – 1903	Succeeded by Edmund Lonsdale

Persondata
NAME	Sawers, William Bowie Stewart Campbell
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Australian politician
DATE OF BIRTH	1844
PLACE OF BIRTH	Stirlingshire, Scotland
DATE OF DEATH	19 May 1916
PLACE OF DEATH