William Davies (New South Wales politician)

William Davies (1 February 1824 – 14 August 1890) was an English-born Australian politician.

He was born in Manchester to Thomas and Anna Maria Davies. He migrated to New South Wales around 1849, becoming a bookkeeper at Goulburn before moving to Melbourne to work for the Argus. In 1852 he mined for gold at Araluen before returning to Goulburn in the later 1850s. On 11 May 1852 he married Maria Cooper at Surry Hills; they had four children. He managed a variety of stores throughout the region and was an alderman at Goulburn from 1859 to 1887, serving four times as mayor. In 1877 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Argyle, but he did not re-contest in 1880. He went further into business in the 1880s, becoming involved in mining and railway companies before becoming insolvent in 1887. Davies died at Redfern in 1890.^[1]

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