John Dow (Australian politician), Date of Birth, Date of Death

John Dow (Australian politician)

Australian politician

Date of Birth: 08-Dec-1837

Date of Death: 16-Jul-1923

Profession: politician, farmer, journalist

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

John Lamont Dow (8 December 1837 – 16 July 1923) was an Australian politician. Born in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, to weaver David Hill Dow and Agnes Lamont, he arrived in Melbourne in December 1848 and settled in Geelong, becoming a farmer.
In 1869 he married Marion Jane Orr, with whom he would have eight children.
He later became a journalist and edited the Leader, becoming a vociferous advocate for land reform.
In 1877 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the member for Kara Kara, serving until 1893; he was Minister for Agriculture (1886–90) and Mines (1886).
In 1893 he was declared insolvent and left politics, returning to journalism.
He died at Kew in 1923.