Edward Lodewyk Crowther (3 October 1843 - 9 August 1931) was an Australian politician who served in the Tasmanian House of Assembly as the member for Queenborough.
Edward Lodewyk Crowther was born at Hobart, Tasmania, on 3 October 1843. He was the son of William Ludewyk Crowther and Sarah Victorie Marie Louise Muller.
His father, William Crowther, was Premier of Tasmania from 1878 to 1879. In 1878 Edward Crowther was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as the member for Queenborough. He was one of two members for Kingborough from 1886 to 1897 when the seat of Queenborough was incorporated into it; Queenborough was restored in 1897 and Crowther remained its member. With the introduction of proportional representation in 1909 he was elected to the seat of Denison as an Anti-Socialist.
He married his second wife Emily Ida Hamilton in Tasmania on 6 Jun 1883.
His third marriage was to Elizabeth Folk at St Paul's, Glenorchy, Hobart, Tasmania on 8 April 1915.
Edward died 9 August 1931 in Oyster Cove, Tasmania.
Wikidata: Item Q16029898, en:Wikipedia
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