William Ewan
{{Short description|Australian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}}
{{Use Australian English|date=April 2016}}
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|name = William Ewan
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| constituency_AM1 = Roma
| assembly1 = Queensland Legislative
| term_start1 = 29 April 1950
| term_end1 = 7 March 1953
| predecessor1 = New seat
| successor1 = Alfred Dohring
| alongside1 =
| term_start2 = 3 August 1957
| term_end2 = 14 March 1967
| predecessor2 = Alfred Dohring
| successor2 = Ken Tomkins
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|birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1903|9|18}}
|birth_place = Cowra, New South Wales, Australia
|death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1967|3|14|1903|9|18}}
|death_place = Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
|restingplace =
|birthname = William Manson Ewan
|nationality = Australian
|party = Country Party
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|spouse = Jessie Alison Mary De Conlay (m.1927 d.1943), Alice Catherine McLuckie (m.1944)
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| occupation = Farmer
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William Manson Ewan (18 September 1903 – 14 March 1967) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.{{cite web|title=Former Members|publisher=Parliament of Queensland|year=2015| url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/former/bio?id=1416428347|accessdate=19 April 2016}}
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 and 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.
In 1927 Ewan married Jessie Alison Mary De Conlay and together had one son and two daughters. Jessie died in 1943[https://www.qld.gov.au/law/births-deaths-marriages-and-divorces/family-history-research/ Family history research] – Queensland Government births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. Retrieved 19 April 2016. and the next year he married Alice Catherine McLuckie. Ewan died in March 1967 at Parliament House, Brisbane and was cremated at the Mt Thompson Crematorium.[http://www.heavenaddress.com/restingplace/william-manson-ewan/386501 William Manson Ewan ( – 1967)] – Heaven Address. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
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.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98277272 |title=LATEST VOTING IN ALL STATE ELECTORATES |newspaper=Sunday Mail |issue=1693 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=8 March 1953 |accessdate=19 April 2016 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}} He was to hold it for one term, being defeated by Alfred Dohring in 1953.
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.
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Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
Category:National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Queensland