MP Biographical Register

		Hon Margaret Anne Bernadette Rowe


Principal Honours

Birth		Date: 1949 Place: Kalgoorlie, Western Australia

Arrival in WA

Parents		Daughter of Archibald Richard Trahair and Margaret Mary Brock

Marriage and Family		Married Children: one son and one daughter

Death		Date: Place: Cemetery: Cause of Death:

Religion		Not stated

Education		St Mary's Convent School

Occupation		Electorate officer

Employment History		Administration officer, Chapman Valley Primary School 1978–1984 Personal assistant Mid-West Development Commission 1984–1996 Electorate officer Hon Kevin Minson MLA 1996-2001 and Jeremy (Jamie) Edwards MLA 2001–2005

House		MLC

Local Government Service		Greenough Shire Council 1994, 1997-2004 (deputy president for two years)

Party		Liberal

Date Elected		22 May 2005

Inaugural Speech


Inaugural Video

Speeches		Search for speeches by Margaret Anne Rowe

Valedictory Speech

Year Retired/Resigned		2007

Electorate		Agriculture

Parliamentary Service		Electorates MLC Agriculture Region 22 May 2005–22 June 2007. Elected to the Thirty-seventh Parliament for Agricultural Region on 26 February 2005 (for term commencing 22 May 2005). Resigned on 22 June 2007. Committees Member Joint Standing Committee on Corruption and Crime Commission 22 May 2005–22 June 2007 Office Shadow Spokesperson for Heritage 22 May 2005–4 February 2006 Shadow Spokesperson for Science 4 February 2006–8 April 2006 Shadow Spokesperson for Heritage 8 April 2006–22 June 2007

Private Member's Bills

Background/Membership		Nominee Telstra Small Business Award 2003

Qualifications

References		D Black and G Bolton, eds, Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume two 1930-2010, Western Australian Parliamentary History Project, Perth, WA, 2011, Addendum, p. 4 Parliament of Western Australia, Former Members, Parliament of Western Australia website, accessed 21 May 2014.

Further Information

Members’ biographical register

Hon Margaret Anne Bernadette Rowe