Kenneth Francis LowrieOBEOAM (4 September 1926 – 19 April 2012) was an Australian politician.
He was born in Hobart, and was mayor of Glenorchy from 1965 to 1975. In 1968, he was elected to the Tasmanian Legislative Council as the independent member for Buckingham. He was Chair of Committees from 1980 to 1982, and from 1982 to 1986 was Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council, although he did not join the Liberal Party. He retired in 1986.[1]
Lowrie was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the 1998 Australia Day Honours for "service to the community, to local government and to the sport of lawn bowls".[2] In September 2000 he was awarded the Australian Sports Medal for "service to lawn bowls and administration".[3]
lowrie, kenneth, francis, lowrie, september, 1926, april, 2012, australian, politician, born, hobart, mayor, glenorchy, from, 1965, 1975, 1968, elected, tasmanian, legislative, council, independent, member, buckingham, chair, committees, from, 1980, 1982, from. Kenneth Francis Lowrie OBE OAM 4 September 1926 19 April 2012 was an Australian politician He was born in Hobart and was mayor of Glenorchy from 1965 to 1975 In 1968 he was elected to the Tasmanian Legislative Council as the independent member for Buckingham He was Chair of Committees from 1980 to 1982 and from 1982 to 1986 was Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council although he did not join the Liberal Party He retired in 1986 1 Lowrie was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia OAM in the 1998 Australia Day Honours for service to the community to local government and to the sport of lawn bowls 2 In September 2000 he was awarded the Australian Sports Medal for service to lawn bowls and administration 3 References Edit Lowrie Kenneth Francis Members of the Parliament of Tasmania Retrieved 24 July 2022 The Honourable Kenneth Francis Lowrie OBE honours pmc gov au Retrieved 27 September 2019 The Hon Kenneth Francis Lowrie OBE OAM honours pmc gov au Retrieved 27 September 2019 Tasmanian Legislative CouncilPreceded byJames Connolly Member for Buckingham1968 1986 Succeeded byDoug Lowe This article about an Australian Independent politician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ken Lowrie amp oldid 1118375296, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
