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Place of Birth: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
About Barry Rowe
- Barry John Rowe (born 15 October 1945) is a former Australian politician. He was born in Melbourne, and attended St Bernard's College in Moonee Ponds and then Monash University, where he received a Bachelor of Economics, and Hawthorn State College, where he received a Diploma of Education.
- He worked as a personnel officer, and joined the Labor Party in 1969, becoming president of the Moonee Ponds and Strathmore branches.
- He served on Essendon City Council from 1973 to 1979 and as mayor from 1976 to 1977; he also worked as an economics lecturer at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology from 1976 to 1979.
- In 1979 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the member for Essendon.
- He was Minister for Agriculture and Rural Affairs from 1989 to 1991 and Minister for Small Business from January to April 1991.
- In 1992, following a redistribution, he contested Gisborne, but was defeated.
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