death_date nationality birth_date constituency_am term_end restingplace death_place title term_start spouse image name occupation otherparty birth_place assembly party successor religion article_title
12 may 1919 english 27 january 1845 charters towers 30 june 1913 13 may 1893 toowong cemetery brisbane , queensland senator for queensland 1 january 1907 12 may 1888 unmarried robert sayers.jpg robert sayers gold miner liberal -lrb- 1909 & ndash ; 13 -rrb- cowes , isle of wight queensland legislative anti-socialist -lrb- 1907 & ndash ; 09 -rrb- anderson dawson church of england robert sayers

robert sayers

robert john sayers -lrb- 27 january 1845 -- 12 may 1919 -rrb- 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 .
