Fred Flowers | |
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| 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 |
| Died | 14 December 1928(1928-12-14) (aged 64) StrathfieldNSW |
| Resting place | South Head Cemetery |
Frederick Flowers (4 March 1864 – 14 December 1928) was an English-born Australian politician.
He was born inDilhorne inStaffordshire to gardener William Flowers and Dorothy Robinson. He migrated toNew South Wales around 1882 and worked as a painter and plasterer.[1]
On 26 January 1888 he married Annie Foster, with whom he had four children.[1]
He joined the United Painters' Trade Society and was its representative on theTrades and Labor Council, of which he was vice-president in 1892. In 1894 he was chairman of theLabor Electoral League, and he was the first president of the Political Labor League from 1895 to 1898. In 1900 he was appointed to theNew 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 wasSecretary 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, andMinister of Public Health from 1914 to 1915. In 1915 he was electedPresident of the Council.[2] He split with the Labor Party over conscription in the1916 Labor split, however he did not join theNationalist Party.
Flowers remained President until his death atStrathfield on 14 December 1928(1928-12-14) (aged 64).[2]
| Parliament of New South Wales | ||
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| 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 |
