Henry Saunders (politician)

Henry Saunders
Senator for Western Australia
In office
20 May 1903 – 31 December 1903
Preceded byNorman Ewing
Personal details
Born(1855-02-16)16 February 1855
London, England
Died13 October 1919(1919-10-13) (aged 64)
West Perth, Western Australia, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Political partyFree Trade Party
OccupationCivil engineer

Henry John Saunders (16 February 1855 – 13 October 1919) was an Australian engineer, businessman and politician. He was a prominent mining entrepreneur during the Western Australian gold rush and served on the Western Australian Legislative Council (1894–1902), as mayor of Perth (1895–1898), and briefly as a Senator for Western Australia (1903).