Alexander Bowman (Australian politician)

Alexander Bowman (1838 – 10 July 1892) was an Australian politician.

He was born in Richmond. The Bowman brothers: George Pearce Bowman (1821–1870), pastoralist, Robert Bowman (1830–1873), medical practitioner, and Alexander Bowman (1838–1892), parliamentarian, were the eldest, fifth and seventh sons of George Bowman^[1] and Eliza Sophia Pearce, pioneers of the Hawkesbury region.^[2] He was the grand-son of John Bowman.^[3]

He attended Cape's College at Darlinghurst and Carey's School at Windsor before studying at the University of Sydney, from which he received a Bachelor of Arts in 1858. He moved to Queensland in 1859 but later that year returned to New South Wales, living at Singleton where he became a racehorse breeder and pastoralist. On 25 March 1881 he married Johanna Heuston, with whom he had three children. He served as a Singleton alderman and then as mayor for seven years. In 1877 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the member for Hawkesbury. Defeated in 1882, he was re-elected in 1885, becoming associated with the Free Trade Party. Bowman held his seat until his death at Glebe in 1892.^[4][5]

References

1. "The Late George Bowman, of Richmond.". The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW: 1842–1954). NSW: National Library of Australia. 28 August 1878. p. 5. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
2. Gray, Nancy (1969). "Bowman, Alexander (1838–1892)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: Australian National University. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
3. Fletcher, B. H. (1966). "Bowman, John (1763–1825)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: Australian National University. Retrieved 2015-10-30.
4. "Mr Alexander Bowman (1838–1892)". Former Members. Parliament of New South Wales. 2008. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
5. "Death of Mr. A. Bowman, M.P.". Windsor and Richmond Gazette (NSW: 1888–1954). NSW: National Library of Australia. 16 July 1892. p. 5. Retrieved 30 October 2015.