Joseph Neon Rowberry (13 May 1895 – 13 November 1972) was an Australian trade unionist and politician who was a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1958 to 1968, representing the seat of Warren.
Joseph Rowberry | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia | |
| In office 25 January 1958 – 23 March 1968 | |
| Preceded by | Ernest Hoar |
| Succeeded by | David Evans |
| Constituency | Warren |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 May 1895 Inveresk, Midlothian, Scotland |
| Died | 13 November 1972 (aged 77) Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia |
| Political party | Labor |
Rowberry was born in Inveresk, Scotland, to Isabella (née Fraser) and Joseph Neon Rowberry. He worked as a coal miner after leaving school, and then served with the British Army during World War I, as a signalman with the 51st (Highland) Division. Rowberry arrived in Australia in 1925, and worked for periods as a farm labourer (in Gnowangerup), road worker (in Northcliffe), timber worker (in Pemberton), and traffic inspector (in Manjimup). He was vice-president of the Timber Workers' Union from 1945 to 1955.[1] Rowberry entered parliament at the 1958 Warren by-election, caused by the resignation of Ernest Hoar (the sitting Labor member). He was re-elected at the 1959, 1962, and 1965 elections, and retired at the 1968 election, aged 72.[2] Rowberry died in Perth in November 1972, aged 77. He had married twice, and had two children by his second wife.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b Joseph Neon Rowberry – Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ^ Black, David; Prescott, Valerie (1997). Election statistics : Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996. Perth, [W.A.]: Western Australian Parliamentary History Project and Western Australian Electoral Commission. ISBN 0730984095.