William Dale (politician)

William Dale (1827[1] – 15 February 1904) was a carpenter, politician, and total abstinence activist in the young colony of South Australia.

He was a lay preacher and one of the founding trustees of the Primitive Methodist church at Redruth and a leading worker in the cause of total abstinence.

[4] He moved to North Adelaide sometime before 1865[5] He was secretary of the South Australian Total Abstinence Society.

[6] He was elected to the House of Assembly seat of The Burra and Clare, with fellow teetotaler Cole as his associate, serving from March 1860 to March 1862, when he resigned, to be replaced by John Bentham Neales, and left for New Zealand.

[8] He left New Zealand for Victoria, where he lived for many years but returned to South Australia around 1897,[1] He married Elizabeth Parkinson (c. 1831 – 9 May 1896); Their children included William (1856-1934), Joseph (6 June 1860 – 1909), George (1863-1872), Rosa (1865-1939), John (1866-1872), and Mary Jane (1868-1927).