Date of Birth: 21/07/1843
Place of Birth: Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 04/02/1897
Place of Death: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
| Silkstone Coal-mine Railway Act Amending Bill Committee No.10 |
15 Nov 1893 |
21 Nov 1893 |
7 days |
Chairman |
| The Governor’s Opening Speech Committee No.1 |
26 Sep 1893 |
26 Sep 1893 |
1 day |
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| Parramatta Street Watering Bill Committee No.26 |
26 Apr 1893 |
23 May 1893 |
28 days |
|
| Agricultural Holdings Bill Committee No.24 |
18 Apr 1893 |
30 May 1893 |
1 month 13 days |
Chairman |
| The Governor’s Opening Speech Committee No.1 |
30 Aug 1892 |
30 Aug 1892 |
1 day |
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| Watkins Wallis Trust Estate Bill Committee No.26 |
15 Dec 1891 |
22 Dec 1891 |
8 days |
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| Silkstone Coal-mine Railway Act Amending Bill Committee No.23 |
23 Nov 1891 |
26 Nov 1891 |
4 days |
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| Forfeiture of J.J Ray’s selection in the Land District of Wagga Wagga Committee No.22 |
29 Sep 1891 |
09 Dec 1891 |
2 months 11 days |
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| Member for Morpeth |
17 Jun 1891 |
25 Jun 1894 |
3 years 9 days |
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| Silkstone Coal-mine Railway Bill Committee No.14 |
19 Dec 1888 |
15 Jan 1889 |
28 days |
Chairman |
| Member for Morpeth |
16 Feb 1887 |
19 Jan 1889 |
1 year 11 months 4 days |
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| Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly |
16 Feb 1887 |
25 Jun 1894 |
7 years 4 months 10 days |
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Qualifications, occupations and interests
Timber and Oil merchant. Educated in public and private schools. Bowes had been a forwarding and commercial agent between Morpeth and Tamworth. Around 1885, became a principal promoter of the Hunter River Farmers' and Consumers' Cooperative Company and later the became its Managing Director. Also a timber merchant and at the time of his death was described as an oil merchant.
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Mayor of Morpeth Council.
Personal
Son of John, a baker and later a Wesleyan clergyman. His mother Euphemia, nee Allen, became a temperance reformer and suffragist. Married Emma Jane Young on 23 January 1874 at Kurrajong, New South Wales. Wesleyan Methodist.
Additional Information
Town and Country Journal, 7 May 1887, p949;
Members of the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales 1856 - 1901;
The Biographical Register and other material in the offices of the Australian
Dictionary of Biography.
