Robert Sayers
| Robert Sayers | |
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| Senator for Queensland | |
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In office 1 January 1907 – 30 June 1913 |
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| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Charters Towers |
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In office 12 May 1888 – 13 May 1893 Serving with Arthur Rutledge |
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| Succeeded by | Anderson Dawson |
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| Born |
27 January 1845 Cowes, Isle of Wight |
| Died | 12 May 1919 (aged 74) Brisbane, Queensland |
| Resting place | Toowong Cemetery |
| Nationality | English |
| Political party | Anti-Socialist (1907–09) |
| Other political affiliations |
Liberal (1909–13) |
| Occupation | Gold miner |
Robert John Sayers (27 January 1845 – 12 May 1919) was an English-born Australian politician. Born at Cowes, on the Isle of Wight, he was educated in England before migrating to Australia in 1863. 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. 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 and was buried in Brisbane's Toowong Cemetery.
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