William Millard (politician)

William Millard (11 January 1844 – 8 October 1921) was an Australian politician.

He was born in Wollongong to storekeeper Richard Millard and Anne, née Radler. In 1854 his family moved to Ulladulla, and he was educated locally before entering his father's tanning business. He married his first wife, Mary Walter, in 1866 at Shellharbour; they had four children. He was a lieutenant in the Ulladulla Voluntary Rifles from 1869 to 1882, a captain in the Ulladulla Corps reserve from 1882 to 1884, and a captain in the 2nd Infantry Regiment from 1884 to 1893. In 1894 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Free Trade member for Moruya. In 1904 Moruya was replaced by Clyde, during which time the Free Trade Party had become the Liberal Reform Party. Clyde in turn was replaced by Bega in 1913. With the introduction of proportional representation in 1920 he ran as a Nationalist for Goulburn but was defeated; he returned briefly after Augustus James' sudden resignation but died in 1921 at Bondi. Despite twenty-seven years in parliament he never served as a minister.^[1]

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