Ern Klauer

Ernest Leopold William Klauer (1870 – 6 August 1915) was an engineer, trade unionist and politician in South Australia.

[1] At an early age he took an active interest in the trade union movement, and became a prominent member of the Railway Association.

In 1897 he was elected chairman of their Adelaide branch, and was instrumental in the formation of the Chemical Fertilisers Union, and became their president in 1911.

He helped form the Australasian Society of Engineers in South Australia, and from a very small base built it up into a strong and vibrant organisation, and was elected its president in 1909.

[1] In the following year he won a Central district seat on the Legislative Council for the Labor Party, and was returned to that in January 1912.