David Bower (politician)

David Bower (11 April 1819 – 6 July 1898) was a South Australian colonial merchant, politician and Commissioner of Public Works.

See also: David Bower

Bower was born at Upper Mill in Saddleworth, Yorkshire. In 1841 he emigrated to the Port Phillip District (now Victoria), and after a varied experience in New Zealand and New South Wales, finally settled in South Australia in 1847, where he established a successful business as a timber merchant at Port Adelaide.

On 1 March 1865 Bower was returned to the South Australian House of Assembly as member for Port Adelaide, a seat he held until 4 April 1870. In 1875 was again elected for Port Adelaide, which he represented until 18 March 1887.[1] Bower was Commissioner of Public Works in the John Cox Bray Ministry from April to June 1884.[2] He died 6 July 1898.[1]

References
  1. "David Bower". Former members of the Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  2. Mennell, Philip (1892). "Bower, David" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.

 

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