Edmund Jowett | |
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Deputy Leader of the Country Party | |
In office 25 February 1920 – 5 April 1921 | |
Leader | William McWilliams |
Preceded by | New office |
Succeeded by | Henry Gregory |
Member of the Australian Parliament for Grampians | |
In office 27 October 1917 – 16 December 1922 | |
Preceded by | Carty Salmon |
Succeeded by | Division abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Bradford, Yorkshire, England | 6 January 1858
Died | 14 April 1936 Leyburn, Queensland, Australia | (aged 78)
Political party | Nationalist (1917–19) Country (1919–22) |
Spouse |
Annette Rose McCallum
(m. 1883) |
Relations | David Fairbairn (grandson) |
Occupation | Pastoralist |
Signature | |
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.