Harold Lowes

Who is Harold Lowes?

Harold Bertram Lowes was an Australian lawyer and politician. He was a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1974 until 1977, representing the electorate of Brisbane.

Lowes was born in South Brisbane, the grandson of former Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland William Bertram. His family moved around the state following his father's work for the Department of Health, and he was educated at South Brisbane State School, the Anglican Church Grammar School, and Townsville Grammar School. He served in the Australian Imperial Forces from 1945 until 1946, attaining the rank of lieutenant, and in the Citizens Military Forces from 1948 to 1952. Lowes completed his articled clerkship and the Solicitors Board course during this period, and was admitted as a solicitor in 1952. He initially moved to Darwin to practise, but returned to Brisbane in 1954.

Lowes was an active member of the Liberal Party from the 1950s, and served on the party's policy committee, in several branch positions, and from 1960 to 1961 was a member of the party's state executive.