Margaret Rowe

Margaret-Anne Bernadette Rowe (née Trahair; born 1949) is a former Australian politician who was a Liberal member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 2005 to 2007, representing Agricultural Region.

Margaret Rowe
Member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia
In office 22 May 2005 – 22 June 2007 Serving with Chance, Criddle, Donaldson, Fels
Constituency	Agricultural Region
Personal details
Born	1949 (age 71–72) Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia
Political party	Liberal

Rowe was born in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, to Margaret Mary (née Brock) and Archibald Richard Trahair. After previously working in various administrative positions, she served on the Greenough Shire Council in 1994 and from 1997 to 2004. She also worked as a research officer for two Liberal members of the Legislative Assembly – Kevin Minson (from 1996 to 2001) and Jamie Edwards (from 2001 to 2005).[1] Rowe first ran for parliament herself at the 2001 state election, occupying the fifth position on the Liberal Party's ticket in Agricultural Region. At the 2005 election, she was elevated to third on the ticket, and was elected. However, Rowe's time in parliament was short-lived, as she resigned due to ill health in June 2007.[2] She had earlier missed six sitting days without explanation, for which she was found in contempt of parliament and had to apologise.[3] One of Rowe's children, Brad Rowe, was a professional Australian rules footballer.[4]

References

1. Margaret Anne Bernadette Rowe – Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
2. Hon. Margaret Anne Bernadette Rowe MLC – Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
3. "Liberal MP Rowe quits", ABC News, 26 June 2007.
4. Black, David and Phillips, Harry (2012). Making a Difference: Women in the Western Australian Parliament 1921–2012 (PDF). Parliament House, Perth, Western Australia: Parliament of Western Australia. pp. 442–446.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)