William Manson Ewan (18 September 1903 – 14 March 1967) was a member of the

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Biography

Ewan was born at

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, the son of James William Ewan and his wife Mary Manson (née Whelan). He was educated at Sydney and

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and was a jackeroo and overseer in 1922. He then managed ''Boothulla'' a

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near

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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 1943Family 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

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and was

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at the

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.William Manson Ewan ( – 1967)
– Heaven Address. Retrieved 19 April 2016.

Public life

Ewan won the new seat of

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for the Country Party at the

1950 Queensland state election Elections were held in the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland on 29 April 1950 to elect the 75 members of the state's Legislative Assembly of Queensland, Legislative Assembly. The Australian Labor Party (Queensla ...

, defeating the

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candidate by over 400 votes. He was to hold it for one term, being defeated by Alfred Dohring in

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. 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.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ewan, William Manson Ewan Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly 1903 births 1967 deaths National Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Queensland 20th-century Australian politicians