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Fred Flowers
Member of the New South Wales
Legislative Council
In office
12 June 1900 – 14 December 1928
Personal details
Born(1864-03-04)4 March 1864
Staffordshire, England
Died14 December 1928(1928-12-14) (aged 64)
Strathfield NSW
Resting placeSouth Head Cemetery

Frederick Flowers (4 March 1864 – 14 December 1928) was an English-born Australian politician.

Early life

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He was born in Dilhorne in Staffordshire to gardener William Flowers and Dorothy Robinson. He migrated to New South Wales around 1882 and worked as a painter and plasterer.[1]

Personal life

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On 26 January 1888 he married Annie Foster, with whom he had four children.[1]

Career

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He joined the United Painters' Trade Society and was its representative on the Trades and Labor Council, of which he was vice-president in 1892. In 1894 he was chairman of the Labor Electoral League, and he was the first president of the Political Labor League from 1895 to 1898. In 1900 he was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council as a rare Labor nominee. With the election of a Labor government in 1910 he became Vice-President of the Executive Council, and led the government in the upper house. He was Secretary for Lands from August to November 1911, Colonial Secretary for a few weeks in November 1911, Minister of Public Instruction from November 1911 to February 1912, and Minister of Public Health from 1914 to 1915. In 1915 he was elected President of the Council.[2] He split with the Labor Party over conscription in the 1916 Labor split, however he did not join the Nationalist Party.

Flowers remained President until his death at Strathfield on 14 December 1928(1928-12-14) (aged 64).[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Nairn, Bede (1981). "Flowers, Fred (1864–1928)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Mr Frederick Flowers (1864-1928)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.

 

Parliament of New South Wales
Political offices
Preceded by Representative of the Government in the Legislative Council
1910–1915
Succeeded by
Vice-President of the Executive Council
1910–1915
Preceded by Secretary for Lands
1911
Succeeded by
Preceded by Colonial Secretary and Registrar of Records
1911
Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Public Instruction
1911–1912
Succeeded by
New title Minister for Public Health
1914–1915
Succeeded by
New South Wales Legislative Council
Preceded by President of the Legislative Council
1915–1928
Succeeded by