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{{Short description|Australian politician (1841–1906)}}
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|death_place = [[Islington, New South Wales]]
|party = [[Protectionist Party]]
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'''William Grahame''' (1 January 1841{{spaced ndash}}29 May 1906) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the [[New South Wales Legislative Assembly]] from 1889 until 1894 and a member of the [[Protectionist Party]].
Grahame was born  in [[Edinburgh, Scotland]] and after a minimal education worked as a labourer. He migrated to Australia in 1858 and laboured on road work until he found employment as a tenant farmer and contractor. He eventually kept a jewellery shop in Newcastle and served as an alderman on [[Wickham, New South Wales|Wickham]] Municipal Council and as a member of the local water and sewage board. At the [[1889 New South Wales colonial election|1889 election]], he was the third candidate on the Protectionist list and won the last position in the multi-member seat of [[Electoral district of Newcastle|Newcastle]]. However, Grahame was forced to resign from parliament in October 1889 when he became insolvent and he was defeated by [[James Curley (Australian politician)|James Curley]] at the [[1889 Newcastle colonial by-election|subsequent by-election]]. He regained his seat in April 1891 at a [[1891 Newcastle colonial by-election|by-election]] caused by the death of [[James Fletcher (Australian politician)|James Fletcher]]. Grahame was defeated at the [[1894 New South Wales colonial election|1894 election]]. He did not hold ministerial or party office.<ref name=nswp>{{cite NSW Parliament | title =Mr William (2) Grahame (1875–1945) |id=775 |former=Yes | accessdate=11 May 2019}}</ref>
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{{succession box | title=Member for [[Electoral district of Newcastle|Newcastle]] | before=[[James Fletcher (Australian politician)|James Fletcher]]/[[James Ellis (Australian politician)|James Ellis]]| after=[[James Curley (Australian politician)|James Curley]] | years=1889 &ndash; 1889 | alongside=[[James Fletcher (Australian politician)|Fletcher]], [[Alexander Brown (Australian politician)|Brown]]}}
{{succession box | title=Member for [[Electoral district of Newcastle|Newcastle]] | before=[[James Fletcher (Australian politician)|James Fletcher]]|after=[[William Dick (Australian politician)|William Dick]] | years=1891 &ndash; 1894 | alongside=[[James Curley (Australian politician)|Curley]]/[[John Fegan (politician)|Fegan]], [[Alexander Brown (Australian politician)|Brown]]/[[David Scott (Australian politician)|Scott]]}}
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[[Category:Protectionist Party politicians]]
[[Category:Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly]]
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