Member of the New South Wales Parliament for Newtown
In office 27 May 1944 – 22 May 1950
Preceded by
Frank Burke
Succeeded by
District abolished
40th Mayor of Newtown
In office 7 December 1937 – 12 December 1939
Deputy
Joseph Solomon
Preceded by
Isidore Ryan
Succeeded by
Raymond 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
Died
11 May 1954(1954-05-11) (aged 67) Sydney
Nationality
Australian
Political party
Labor (to c. 1941)
Other political affiliations
Lang Labor
Occupation
Labor 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.
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...
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Labor Party. He defeated the sitting Lang Labor member for Newtown, LilianFowler. The district of Newtown-Annandale was abolished as a result of the...
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