William Bower Dawes (c. 1807 – 3 August 1869) was a farmer in the colony of South Australia, and member of the first fully elected House of Assembly.
Dawes was a farmer in the Nairne district, then partner with Samuel Stocks jnr.
[1] He was active in the Mount Barker Agricultural Society, and their president in at least one year.
[3] He served as the first Member of the House of Assembly for the seat of Onkaparinga in association with (later Sir) William Milne from March 1857.
He was later an active trader on the Stock Exchange, though without any spectacular success.