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Robert Sayers
Senator for Queensland
In office
1 January 1907 – 30 June 1913
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Charters Towers
In office
12 May 1888 – 13 May 1893Serving with Arthur Rutledge
Succeeded byAnderson Dawson
Personal details
Born(1845-01-27)27 January 1845
Cowes, Isle of Wight
Died12 May 1919(1919-05-12) (aged 74)
Brisbane, Queensland
Resting placeToowong Cemetery
NationalityEnglish
Political partyAnti-Socialist (1907–09)
Other political
affiliations		Liberal (1909–13)
OccupationGold 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, aged 74, and was buried in Brisbane's Toowong Cemetery.

References

  1. ^ "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  2. ^ Harrison, Jennifer (2000). "SAYERS, Robert John (1845–1919)". The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  3. Carr, Adam (2008). "Australian Election Archive". Psephos, Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 16 November 2008.
  4. Sayers Robert John — Brisbane City Council Grave Location Search
  5. "Family Notices". The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 13 May 1919. p. 6. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
Parliament of Queensland
New seat Member for Charters Towers
1888 – 1893
Served alongside: Arthur Rutledge 		Succeeded byAnderson Dawson


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