William Henry Bean (c. 1843 – date of death unknown) was a prominent South Australian businessman and parliamentarian. He was elected to the Sixth Parliament (paired with

Henry Strangways Henry Bull Templar Strangways (14 November 1832 – 10 February 1920) was an Australian politician and Premier of South Australia. Strangways was the eldest son of Henry Bull Strangways of Shapwick, Somerset, England. As a boy, he visited Sou ...

) for the District of West Torrens of the South Australian House of Assembly, on 28 March 1870, until 23 November 1871, losing his seat after the dissolution of 1871. but was re-elected, with

William James Magarey William James Magarey (1840 – 15 December 1920) was a flour miller and politician in the early days of the colony of South Australia. History William was a son of Thomas Magarey's brother, James Magarey ( – 11 August 1859). James Magarey ran ...

, to the Ninth Parliament (1878–1881) from 2 April 1878 to 19 March 1881, and re-elected, with

Frederick Estcourt Bucknall Frederick Estcourt Bucknall (6 July 1835 – 4 June 1896) was an English-born publican, brewer and politician in the early days of the colony of South Australia. Life Bucknall was a member of the Estcourts of Estcourt, an influential old f ...

, to the Tenth Parliament from 8 April 1881 to 19 March 1884. His brother George had held the seat previously and lost it under controversial circumstances. This is one of very few cases in Australia of a pair of brothers being parliamentarians).Brothers in Parliament
''The Advertiser'' 20 April 1929 p.15 accessed 14 March 2011 He campaigned again in 1878 for the West Torrens seat which he narrowly won, and retained it in 1881. He did not contest the 1884 elections. He conducted the Adelaide affairs of

Bean Brothers Bean Brothers was a company based in Adelaide, South Australia involved in tanning, leathergoods and shipping ventures in the latter half of the 19th century. Bean Brothers Ltd was set up by the principals to consolidate their assets and develop ...

while George was overseas from 1869 to 1878. He also organised a large number of wool, hide, meat and bark shipments in partnership with H. J. Wilke. He was appointed Justice of the Peace in 1872 but resigned in 1874. W. H. Bean (with Wilke) bought into a gold discovery "Golding's Find" at Mount Torrens in 1870. and was a director in James Scott's "El Dorado" Mount Pleasant mine in 1872. He was on the board of the South Australian Zoological and Acclimatization Society. He resigned or was dropped in 1884. In 1884 Bean Brothers Limited successfully sued him in the Supreme Court for making unauthorised payments.Summary In Cuzco
''South Australian Register'' Monday 22 September 1884 accessed 8 April 2011 He was declared insolvent in 1885. He was in London at the time of his brother George's death in 1912.

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