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Jan 27, 1845 Cowes, England, United Kingdom Died on 12 May 1919 (aged 74)
Australian politician
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About Robert Sayers
- 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.
