Life Summary - James Mackinnon Fowler

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Fowler, James Mackinnon (1863–1940)

	Fowler, James Mackinnon (1863–1940)
Born	20 June, 1863 Millholm , Lanarkshire , Scotland
Died	3 November, 1940 (aged 77) Malvern, Melbourne , Victoria , Australia
Cause of Death	heart disease
Cultural Heritage	Scottish
Related Entries [View as tree]	Johnson, William Elliot (work colleague) Hughes, William Morris (political adversary)
Occupation*	federationist (1898-1900) Western Australia, Australia journalist (1901-1922) Western Australia, Australia labour politician (1901-1909) Federal, Australia Member of Lower House (1901-1922) Federal, Australia liberal/conservative politician (1909-1922) Federal, Australia book collector (1922-1940) Victoria, Australia contemporary-affairs commentator (1922-1940) Victoria, Australia journalist (1922-1940) Victoria, Australia short story writer (1922-1940) Victoria, Australia
Key Organisations*	Victorian Socialist League (member) Western Australia Federal League (member, 1899-1900)
Political Activism*	labour (activist, 1891-1909) federationist (activist, 1898-1901) Liberal-Conservative (activist, 1909-1922)
Workplaces*	Parliament of Australia (House Reps - member, 1901-1922) Parliament of Australia (House Reps - Deputy Speaker, 1913-1914)

* Dates are approximate

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