Dr Athelstan John Henton Saw OBE (16 July 1868 – 28 November 1929), was a Western Australian politician and university administrator.
He subsequently gained a Bachelor of Medicine and was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons.
[1] In 1915 Saw was first elected unopposed for the Liberal Party to the Legislative Council for the Metropolitan-Suburban Province,[2] retaining his seat for 14 years.
He became a member of its original Senate in 1912, and succeeded the late Archbishop Charles Riley as the Chancellor in 1921.
[1] He bequeathed a substantial sum of money to the University of Western Australia to endow the "Athelstan and Amy Saw Medical Research Fellowship"[3] On 17 April 1895 he married Amy Enid Staples (13 August 1870 – 23 May 1950), daughter of Dr. J. H. P. Staples.