Ken Vowles, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Ken Vowles

Australian politician and cricketer

Date of Birth: 29-Sep-1971

Place of Birth: Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

Profession: politician, cricketer

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Social Profiles:

Show Famous Birthdays Today, Australia

👉 Worldwide Celebrity Birthdays Today

About Ken Vowles

  • Kenneth Edward Vowles (born 29 September 1971) is an Australian politician and former cricketer from the Northern Territory.
  • He has been a member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly since 2012, representing the electorate of Johnston.
  • He was Minister for Primary Industry and Resources and Minister for Aboriginal Affairs in the Gunner government from 2016 to 2018.
  • He was sacked as a minister and expelled from the Labor caucus in December 2018 and subsequently remained in parliament as a Labor backbencher outside caucus, but announced his resignation from parliament in November 2019 with effect from January 2020. Born in Darwin, Vowles attended the Australian Cricket Academy on a scholarship from 1989 to 1990, during which time he toured internationally with the Australian Under-19 team.
  • As an Under-19 player, Vowles held the record for the fastest century scored at the Melbourne Cricket Ground until the record was broken by Viv Richards.In 2008, Vowles contested the seat of Blain as a Labor Party candidate at that year's Territory general election, although he was defeated by Terry Mills, the future Chief Minister.
  • He nominated to contest the seat of Johnston in the 2012 election, although a controversy emerged when the Labor Party threatened the Northern Territory News with legal action to prevent the newspaper from publishing a story about Vowles' spent assault conviction from a fight in 1992 (Labor leader Paul Henderson had previously been critical of another candidate for not disclosing a manslaughter conviction).Vowles was elected as member for Johnston, although the Henderson government was defeated by the Country Liberal Party.
  • After two years as a minister, Vowles was sacked as a minister and excluded from the Labor caucus, along with two backbench colleagues, on 21 December 2018.
  • On 28 November 2019, he announced that he would resign from parliament with effect from 31 January 2020.

Read more at Wikipedia

See Also