Howard Fowles
Howard Fowles | |
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Personal details | |
Born | Merrylands, New South Wales | 24 January 1894
Died | 17 May 1973 Port Macquarie, New South Wales | (aged 79)
Political party | Labor Party |
Howard Thomas Fowles (24 January 1894 – 17 May 1973) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1941 until 1968 and a member of the Labor Party (ALP) . He was the acting Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for 3 months in 1962.
Fowles was born in Merrylands, New South Wales. He was the son of a blacksmith, was educated to elementary level at state schools. From the age of 14 he worked as a linesman for the New South Wales Government Railways and was an official in the Electrical Trades Union until 1941. In later life, he was also a poultry farmer. Fowles was elected to the New South Wales Parliament as the Labor member for the seat of Illawarra at the 1941 state election. . The sitting Labor member Billy Davies successfully contested the new seat of Wollongong-Kembla at that election. He retained the seat for the next 8 elections and retired at the 1968 state election.[1]
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- ^ "Mr Howard Thomas Fowles (1894-1972)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
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