Lilian Fowler

Lilian Fowler
Member of the New South Wales Parliament
for Newtown
In office
27 May 1944 – 22 May 1950
Preceded byFrank Burke
Succeeded byDistrict abolished
40th Mayor of Newtown
In office
7 December 1937 – 12 December 1939
DeputyJoseph Solomon
Preceded byIsidore Ryan
Succeeded byRaymond Beaufils
Alderman of the Municipality of Newtown
for Camden Ward
In office
1 December 1928 – 2 January 1932
In office
1 December 1934 – 31 December 1948
Personal details
Born
Elizabeth Lilian Maud Gill

(1886-06-07)7 June 1886
Cooma, New South Wales
Died11 May 1954(1954-05-11) (aged 67)
Sydney
NationalityAustralian
Political partyLabor (to c. 1941)
Other political
affiliations
Lang Labor
OccupationLabor organiser

Elizabeth Lilian Maud Fowler MBE, JP (née Gill; 7 June 1886 – 11 May 1954) was an Australian politician. She was Australia's first female mayor, serving as mayor of Newtown, New South Wales, from 1937 to 1939. She later represented the seat of Newtown in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1944 to 1950. She had a long involvement with the Lang Labor faction of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), which had evolved into a separate party by the time of her election to Parliament.