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{{Short description|Australian politician}}
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'''Robert Pyers''' (1 August 1847 – 19 October 1915) was an Australian politician.
Born in [[Seaham, New South Wales|Seaham]] to butcher Abel Pyers and Margaret McDermott, he followed his father into butchery, becoming a carrier between [[Maitland, New South Wales|Maitland]] and [[Glen Innes, New South Wales|Glen Innes]]. Around 1870 he became a timber getter around the [[Clarence River (New South Wales)|Clarence River]] before finding success at the [[Solferino, New South Wales|Solferino]] and [[Lionsville, New South Wales|Lionsville]] gold fields, which allowed him to establish a store. He married Clara Taylor in 1869, with whom he had ten children. In 1873 unwise mining speculations led to his bankruptcy; he was discharged in 1875 and moved to [[Tatham, New South Wales|Tatham]] on the [[Richmond River]] in 1880, returning to timber work. From 1884 to 1894 he was an alderman at [[Casino, New South Wales|Casino]]; he was bankrupted again in 1887 and moved to Casino to become an auctioneer. From 1894 to 1904 he was the member for [[Electoral district of Richmond (New South Wales)|The Richmond]] in the [[New South Wales Legislative Assembly]], associated with the [[Protectionist Party|Protectionist]] and [[Progressive Party (1901)|Progressive]] parties. Despite his opposition to [[Australian Federation|Federation]] he contested several federal elections as an [[independent (politician)|Independent]]. Pyers died at Casino in 1915.<ref name="Robert Pyers NSW Parl">{{
==See also==
{{hlist|Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly|[[Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1894–1895|1894–1895]]|[[Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1895–1898|1895–1898]]|[[Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1898–1901|1898–1901]]|[[Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1901–1904|1901–1904]]}}
{{hlist|Results of New South Wales state elections|[[Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election#The Richmond|1894 (The Richmond)]]|[[Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election#The Richmond|1895 (The Richmond)]]|[[Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election#The Richmond|1898 (The Richmond)]]|[[Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election#The Richmond|1901 (The Richmond)]]|[[Results of the 1904 New South Wales state election#Tenterfield|1904 (Tenterfield)]]|[[1904 Tenterfield state by-election|1904 Tenterfield by-election]]|[[Results of the 1907 New South Wales state election#Tenterfield|1907 (Tenterfield)]]|[[Results of the 1910 New South Wales state election#Tenterfield|1910 (Tenterfield)]]}}
{{hlist|Results of Australian federal elections|[[Results of the 1901 Australian federal election (House of Representatives)#Richmond|1901 (Richmond)]]|[[Results of the 1910 Australian federal election (House of Representatives)#Richmond|1910 (Richmond)]]}}
==References==
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{{s-bef|before=[[Thomas Ewing (Australian politician)|Ewing]], [[Bruce Nicoll|Nicoll]] & [[John Perry (1845–1922)|Perry]]}}
{{s-ttl | title= [[Electoral district of Richmond (New South Wales)|Member for The Richmond]] | years=1894{{ndash}}1904}}
{{s-aft|after=[[John Perry (1845–1922)|John Perry]]}}
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[[Category:1847 births]]
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