Members’ biographical register

William Sayer

House

MLA

Party

Forrest Party/Ministerialist

Date first elected

24 April 1901

Year Retired/Resigned

1902

Electorate(s)

Claremont

Inaugural Speech

Parliamentary Service

Service

Electorates

MLA Claremont, 24 April 1901–29 May 1902 (resigned)

Office

Attorney General, 25 March–17 May 1901

Private Member's Bills

Personal Information

Death date

26 February 1943

Cause of death

Place of death

Darlington, Western Australia

Cemetery

Karrakatta Cemetery, WA

Arrived in WA

Arrived in Western Australia circa October 1890

Occupation

Lawyer

Employment History

Practised law in England for 10 years Legal adviser, Midland Railway Company when arrived in Western Australia, circa October 1890
Secretary, Law Department, March 1897
Commissioner of Titles, 1898–1901
Chief Parliamentary Draftsman, Crown Solicitor (from December 1902), and later Solicitor General
Kings Council (KC) (August 1904), 1902–1930

Local Government

Principal Honours

Background/Membership

After retirement voluntary work on law reform and Legal Aid
Bought land in Peppermint Grove

References

D Black and G Bolton, eds, Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume one 1870-1930, Parliamentary History Project, Perth, WA, 2010, p. 176.

Bibliography

Further Information

Who's Who in Australia, 1906-1914
West Australian, 15 February 1930, 27 February 1943
Twentieth Century Impressions, 35
Battye, I, 479-80
BDWA IV