Edmund Jowett

Edmund Jowett
Deputy Leader of the Country Party
In office
25 February 1920 – 5 April 1921
LeaderWilliam McWilliams
Preceded byNew office
Succeeded byHenry Gregory
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Grampians
In office
27 October 1917 – 16 December 1922
Preceded byCarty Salmon
Succeeded byDivision abolished
Personal details
Born(1858-01-06)6 January 1858
Bradford, Yorkshire, England
Died14 April 1936(1936-04-14) (aged 78)
Leyburn, Queensland, Australia
Political partyNationalist (1917–19)
Country (1919–22)
Spouse
Annette Rose McCallum
(m. 1883)
RelationsDavid Fairbairn (grandson)
OccupationPastoralist
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Edmund Jowett (6 January 1858 – 14 April 1936) was an Australian pastoralist and politician. He was born in England and arrived in Australia at the age of 18, eventually amassing vast pastoral holdings across Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland. Jowett was elected to federal parliament at the 1917 Grampians by-election, as a Nationalist. He joined the Country Party upon its formation in 1920. He served as the party's inaugural deputy leader for just over one year, on a provisional basis under the leadership of William McWilliams.