Howard Fowles, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Australian politician
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Place of Birth: Merrylands, New South Wales, Australia
About Howard Fowles
- Howard 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.
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- 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.
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