Colin Davies Rowe (12 April 1911 – 2 August 1970) was a lawyer and politician in South Australia. He served as 37th

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from 1955 to 1965.

History

He was born the eldest son Mr and Mrs. L. G. Rowe of "Rockleigh", Sandilands, about south-west of

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, and educated at

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and

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, where he was head prefect for two consecutive years. He studied law at the

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, gaining his

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in 1934, and was admitted to the bar in December 1934 at the same ceremony as

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. He worked as a lawyer at Ardrossan, then set up in practice at Maitland in 1942. He was chairman of the Maitland Hospital Board, secretary of the Yorke Peninsula Local Government Association, and secretary of the Ardrossan Hospital. In 1948 he was president of the Yorke Peninsula branch of the

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, and in November 1948 was nominated by them, unopposed, to a Midland district seat in the

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made vacant by the death of Douglas Peel Gordon. He retained the seat until 1970.

Family

He married Elsie Dorothy Macklin of

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on 22 October 1938. They had at least two children: *son 7 January 1941 *daughter 10 April 1947

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rowe, Colin Davies Members of the South Australian Legislative Council 1911 births 1970 deaths 20th-century Australian lawyers Liberal and Country League politicians 20th-century Australian politicians Attorneys-general of South Australia