| Robert Sayers | |
| Senator for Queensland | |
| Term Start: | 1 January 1907 |
| Term End: | 30 June 1913 |
| Constituency Am1: | Charters Towers |
| Assembly1: | Queensland Legislative |
| Term Start1: | 12 May 1888 |
| Term End1: | 13 May 1893 |
| Successor1: | Anderson Dawson |
| Alongside1: | Arthur Rutledge |
| Birth Date: | 1845 1, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Cowes, Isle of Wight |
| Death Place: | Brisbane, Queensland |
| Restingplace: | Toowong Cemetery |
| Nationality: | English |
| Party: | Anti-Socialist (1907 - 09) |
| Otherparty: | Liberal (1909 - 13) |
| Occupation: | Gold miner |
Robert John Sayers (27 January 1845 - 12 May 1919) was an English-born Australian politician. Born at Cowes, on the Isle of Wight,[1] he was educated in England before migrating to Australia in 1863.[1] He was a goldminer in New South Wales and then Queensland, and became a mine owner in Charters Towers. Sayers was elected in 1888 to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland as the member for Charters Towers, serving until 1893.[1] In 1906, he was elected to the Australian Senate as an Anti-Socialist Senator for Queensland, joining the Commonwealth Liberal Party in 1909. He was defeated in 1913.[2] [3]
Sayers died in 1919, aged 74, and was buried in Brisbane's Toowong Cemetery.[4] [5]