Sir Frederick Thomas Sargood (1834-1903) William Bowie Stewart Campbell Sawers (1844-1916) Senator for Victoria 1901-1903 Member for New England (New South Wales) 1901-1903 orn in Walworth, London, England, Sargood was a man of good judgement and illiam Sawers was born in Stirlingshire, BFrederick Sargood migrated with his commonsense, highly respected by his peers WScotland. Sawers was educated in family to Melbourne, Victoria in 1850. and known for his great hospitality at his Scotland and arrived in Australia in 1865. As a young man he managed his family’s mansion “Rippon Lea”. His brief career as a He was a wealthy pastoralist and served in soft-goods business in the Bendigo Goldfields federal senator was overshadowed by his long the New South Wales Legislative Assembly district. The business prospered and became and distinguished service as a Victorian as the member for Bourke 1885-86 and the biggest of its kind in the colony. parliamentarian. Tamworth 1898-1901. He entered the Victorian Legislative Council in 1874 and was a member for 23 years, In 1901 Sawers successfully contested including 12 years as unofficial leader of the federal seat of New England as a the Council. In 1883 he became Victoria’s Protectionist, and was elected to the House first Minister for Defence. Sargood was of Representatives. Sawers often contributed knighted in 1890. to debate in the chamber and took great interest in defence issues. Sawers had In 1901 Sargood was elected as a Freetrader travelled to Japan and drew on this to represent Victoria in the Senate at the first experience when debating the White Australia federal election. He died suddenly in January policy. He opposed female suffrage on the 1903 while holidaying in New Zealand, the first basis of demographics, believing that female federal senator to die in office. representation was greater in the cities than in the country. Sawers was defeated in the 1903 election. The state of Victoria was also represented in the first Senate by: The electorate of New England was named after its locality. Simon Fraser Sir William Austin Zeal Robert Wallace Best James Styles John George Barrett.