William Bowman (Australian politician)

Bowman was born in Richmond, New South Wales and was the son of John Bowman, a pioneer settler from East Lothian in Scotland, and his wife Honor née Honey, from Cornwall.{{Australian Dictionary of Biography |last= Fletcher |first= B. H. |authorlink= |year= 1966 |id2=bowman-john-1813 |title= Bowman, John (1763–1825) |accessdate= 2015-10-30}} He had an elementary education and worked on his father's farm from an early age. He gradually increased his land holdings with further properties in the Bathurst and on the Talbragar River and experimented with vine cultivation and the exportation of salted beef to India.

Prior to the establishment of responsible government, Bowman was elected to the partially elected New South Wales Legislative Council at the first elections held in the colony in 1843. He represented the electorate of Cumberland Boroughs (Towns of Richmond, Windsor, Campbelltown and Liverpool) and retained this seat at the subsequent elections in 1848.{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12902692 |title=Cumberland Boroughs |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=3 August 1848 |accessdate=23 April 2019 |page=2 |via=Trove}}
{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article710044 |title=Cumberland Boroughs |newspaper=The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser |date=12 August 1848 |accessdate=23 April 2019 |page=2 |via=Trove}} In 1851 he was defeated by John Holden,{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12930604 |title=Cumberland Boroughs: result of the poll |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=23 September 1851 |accessdate=23 April 2019 |page=3 |via=Trove}}
{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12930733 |title=Progress of the elections: Cumberland Boroughs |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=27 September 1851 |accessdate=23 April 2019 |page=4 |via=Trove}} however Holden resigned in 1853 and Bowman was elected unopposed in the resulting by-election.{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12945180 |title=Cumberland Boroughs election |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=19 April 1853 |accessdate=23 April 2019 |page=2 |via=Trove}} At the first elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly after the granting of responsible government in 1856 he was elected for the seat of Cumberland Boroughs. He was defeated at the 1858 election by William Bede Dalley. He did not stand for further public office.{{Cite NSW Parliament |id=283 |name=Mr William Bowman (1800-1874) |former=Yes |access-date=23 April 2019}} He was the brother of George Bowman, also an elected member of the New South Wales Legislative Council.{{Cite NSW Parliament |id=256 |name=Mr George Bowman (1795-1878) |former=Yes |access-date=23 April 2019}}

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