Margaret-Anne Bernadette Rowe (née Trahair; 11 April 1949 – 21 March 2022) was an Australian politician and beauty pageant titleholder who won

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1955 and represented her country at

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. She was

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member of the

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from 2005 to 2007, representing Agricultural Region. Rowe was born in

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, Western Australia, to Margaret Mary (née Brock) and Archibald Richard Trahair. After previously working in various administrative positions, she served on the Greenough Shire Council in 1994 and from 1997 to 2004. She also worked as a research officer for two Liberal members of the Legislative Assembly – Kevin Minson (from 1996 to 2001) and Jamie Edwards (from 2001 to 2005). Rowe first ran for parliament herself at the 2001 state election, occupying the fifth position on the Liberal Party's ticket in Agricultural Region. At the

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, she was elevated to third on the ticket, and was elected. However, Rowe's time in parliament was short-lived, as she resigned due to ill health in June 2007. She had earlier missed six sitting days without explanation, for which she was found in contempt of parliament and had to apologise."Liberal MP Rowe quits"
ABC News, 26 June 2007. One of Rowe's children, Brad Rowe, was a professional

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er.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rowe, Margaret 1949 births 2022 deaths Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Western Australia Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council People from Kalgoorlie Western Australian local councillors 21st-century Australian politicians 21st-century Australian women politicians Women members of the Western Australian Legislative Council Women local councillors in Australia