William Ewan

William Ewan
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Roma
In office 29 April 1950 – 7 March 1953
Preceded by	New seat
Succeeded by	Alfred Dohring
In office 3 August 1957 – 14 March 1967
Preceded by	Alfred Dohring
Succeeded by	Ken Tomkins
Personal details
Born	William Manson Ewan 18 September 1903 Cowra, New South Wales, Australia
Died	14 March 1967 (aged 63) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Country Party
Spouse(s)	Jessie Alison Mary De Conlay (m.1927 d.1943), Alice Catherine McLuckie (m.1944)
Occupation	Farmer
Religion	Presbyterian

William Manson Ewan (18 September 1903 – 14 March 1967) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.^[1]

Biography

Ewan was born at Cowra, New South Wales, the son of James William Ewan and his wife Mary Manson (née Whelan). He was educated at Sydney and Warwick and was a jackeroo and overseer in 1922. He then managed Boothulla a station near Quilpie for the Queensland MLA, Arnold Wienholt. In 1925 he took up Gunnawarra at Morven ad sold it in 1952. He was the chairman of directors with the Roma Transport Co. Ltd, 1954–1958 and a director of Western Publishers Pty Ltd and also the Toowoomba and Maranoa Broadcasting Co.^[1]

In 1927 Ewan married Jessie Alison Mary De Conlay and together had one son and two daughters.^[1] Jessie died in 1943^[2] and the next year he married Alice Catherine McLuckie. Ewan died in March 1967 at Parliament House, Brisbane^[1] and was cremated at the Mt Thompson Crematorium.^[3]

Public life

Ewan won the new seat of Roma for the Country Party at the 1950 Queensland state election, defeating the Labor candidate by over 400 votes.^[4] He was to hold it for one term , being defeated by Alfred Dohring in 1953.^[1]

He was out of politics for four years when the Labor Party split in two with the result being Ewan returned once again as the member for Roma in 1957. This time he held the seat until his death in 1967.^[1]

References

1. "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
2. Family history research – Queensland Government births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
3. William Manson Ewan ( – 1967) – Heaven Address. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
4. "LATEST VOTING IN ALL STATE ELECTORATES". Sunday Mail (1693). Queensland, Australia. 8 March 1953. p. 2. Retrieved 19 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.