Date of Birth: 24/01/1894
Place of Birth: Merrylands, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 17/05/1973
Place of Death: Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia
Parliamentary Service
| Member for Illawarra |
01 May 1965 |
23 Jan 1968 |
2 years 8 months 24 days |
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| Acting Speaker |
29 May 1962 |
29 Aug 1962 |
3 months 1 day |
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| Chairman of Committees |
10 Apr 1962 |
31 Mar 1965 |
2 years 11 months 22 days |
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| Member for Illawarra |
03 Mar 1962 |
31 Mar 1965 |
3 years 29 days |
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| Chairman of Committees |
21 Apr 1959 |
05 Feb 1962 |
2 years 9 months 16 days |
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| Member for Illawarra |
21 Mar 1959 |
05 Feb 1962 |
2 years 10 months 16 days |
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| Member for Illawarra |
03 Mar 1956 |
16 Feb 1959 |
2 years 11 months 14 days |
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| Member for Illawarra |
19 Jan 1953 |
06 Feb 1956 |
3 years 19 days |
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| Member for Illawarra |
17 Jun 1950 |
14 Jan 1953 |
2 years 6 months 29 days |
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| Member for Illawarra |
03 May 1947 |
22 May 1950 |
3 years 20 days |
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| Member for Illawarra |
27 May 1944 |
29 Mar 1947 |
2 years 10 months 3 days |
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| Member for Illawarra |
10 May 1941 |
24 Apr 1944 |
2 years 11 months 15 days |
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| Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly |
10 May 1941 |
23 Jan 1968 |
26 years 8 months 14 days |
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Political Party Activity
Australian Labor Party (ALP). Member of Guildford branch then Guildford West branch, President, member of Unanderra branch. President of Illawarra state electorate council, member of central executive in 1941.
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Linesman. Educated at Granville Superior public school; joined railways in 1911, labourer then linesman, resigned in 1913, reappointed in 1917 as a linesman, resigned in 1941; was also a poultry farmer; secretary of the Wollongong branch of the Electrical Trades' Union in 1941. Recreational interests include boxing, long distance swimming and cricket.
Membership of other Parliaments & Offices Held
Local Government Activity
Personal
Son of Stephen Fowles, blacksmith, and Alice Kemsley. Married Hilda Maude Markham on 26 June 1915 and had issue, 1 daughter and 2 sons. Funeral at Wollongong crematorium.
