William Mercer (Australian politician)

Major William Drummond Mercer (1796–1871) was a British Army officer, landowner, pastoralist and politician in colonial New South Wales.[1][2]

Mercer was the only surviving nephew of George Mercer.[2] Major Mercer, having retired from the 16th Lancers, departed Calcutta and arrived in Hobart in March 1838 along with his cousin, Lieutenant George Duncan Mercer. Mercer was a pastoralist with his two cousins, George Duncan Mercer and John Henry Mercer in properties near Geelong.[1][2] Mercer was elected to the district of Port Phillip in the New South Wales Legislative Council in June 1850.[1] He held that seat until it was abolished prior to the creation of Victoria (Australia) as a separate colony. Mercer returned to Scotland and settled in Perthshire.[2]

References

"Major William Drummond Mercer (1796-1871)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
Brown, P. L. "Mercer, William Drummond (1796–1871)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 10 June 2014 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.

New South Wales Legislative Council
Preceded by John Foster Lauchlan Mackinnon	Member for Port Phillip 1850–1851 Served alongside: Charles Ebden, Henry Moor John Dickson, William Macarthur	Colony of Victoria established

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[William_Mercer_NSW_Parl-1] "Major William Drummond Mercer (1796-1871)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2019.

[adb-2] Brown, P. L. "Mercer, William Drummond (1796–1871)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 10 June 2014 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.