William Sawers
http://dbpedia.org/resource/William_Sawers an entity of type: Thing
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.
rdf:langString
rdf:langString
William Sawers
rdf:langString
William Sawers
rdf:langString
William Sawers
rdf:langString
Neutral Bay, New South Wales, Australia
xsd:integer
17585648
xsd:integer
1054166259
xsd:integer
1844
rdf:langString
Grazier
rdf:langString
Australian
rdf:langString
New seat
xsd:date
1903-12-16
xsd:date
1901-03-29
rdf:langString
Member for Tamworth
rdf:langString
Member for Bourke
rdf:langString
Member for New England
xsd:integer
1885
1898
1901
rdf:langString
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.
xsd:nonNegativeInteger
3625