Mrs Lilian FOWLER (1887 - 1954)**
- Date of Birth: 07/06/1887
- Place of Birth: Cooma, New South Wales, Australia
- Date of Death: 11/05/1954
- Place of Death: Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia
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Parliamentary Service
| Position | Start | End | Period | Notes |
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| Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly | 27 May 1944 | 22 May 1950 | 5yr(s) 11mth(s) 26day(s)
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| Member for Newtown | 27 May 1944 | 20 Mar 1947 | 2yr(s) 9mth(s) 22day(s)
34th (1944 - 1947) |  |
| Member for Newtown | 3 May 1947 | 22 May 1950 | 3yr(s) 20day(s)
35th (1947 - 1950) | |
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Political Party Activity
Australian Labor Party (ALP). Member of central executive from 1920 until 1921, 1923 until 1926, president of Central Women's conference in 1926; acted as a secretary to F.M Burke, stood against him as Lang Labor when he transferred allegiance from J.T Lang.
Community Activity
Commissioned as a Justice of the Peace in 1920
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Housewife and secretary. Educated to state primary level; journeyed to Sydney in 1911 and lived thereafter in Newtown; active in community organisations and local government; presided at Cooma court in 1921; director of Picton Lakes TB Settlement; executive member of Women's Voluntary National Register from 1939 until 1940; trustee of Erskine Hospital and Newtown Police Boys Club; active worker for Methodist church.
Honours Received
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Local Government Activity
Alderman at Newtown from 1929 until 1948. Mayor from 1938 until 1939, first woman Alderman in New South Wales and first woman Mayor in Australia; prominent in Mayors relief movement, Newtown, during depression.
Personal
Daughter of Charles Monro Gill, stage coach driver, and Frances Rebecca Gonson. Married Albert Edward Fowler in 1910 and had issue, 1 daughter. Funeral at Rookwood cemetery from Newtown Methodist church.
Additional Information
Note on spelling: According to her signature on her 1944 Oath of Allegiance in the Parliamentary Archives, her first name is spelt "Lilian"
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