Nigel Bowen

Sir Nigel Hubert Bowen , AC (born May 26, 1911 in Summerland , Canada , † September 27, 1994 in Sydney , New South Wales ) was an Australian politician and, among other things, foreign minister of the country.

Life

Bowen was born in British Columbia . His parents were from England and Wales. He came to Australia as a boy and attended school in England for two years. He later went to The King's School in Parramatta . He studied law at St. Paul's College in Sydney and at the University of Sydney . He then worked as a solicitor . He was hired as a barrister in New South Wales in 1936 and later in Victoria . During the Second World War he volunteered for the army in 1941, joined the 2nd Australian Imperial Force in 1942 and spent two years in the Pacific War .

After the war, Bowen continued his legal career and shared a law firm with Gough Whitlam , John Robert Kerr, and later Bob Ellicott . He settled in New South Wales in 1953 and in Victoria in 1954. He was President of the New South Wales Bar Association from 1959 to 1961 and Vice President of the Australian Bar Association from 1957 to 1960. From 1946 to 1961 he was also the editor of the Australian Law Journal .

Bowen was elected as a candidate for the Liberal Party of Australia in the Parramatta constituency in a 1964 by-election after Sir Garfield Barwick resigned to become Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia . In December 1966, Bowen was appointed Attorney-General of Australia in Holt's second term and High Court of Australia. Bowen joined the Commonwealth Administrative Review Committee, which was formed in 1971 and created the Administrative Appeals Tribunal . Bowen also passed the Privy Council Act 1968 .

In November 1969, Bowen became Minister of Education and Research in Gorton's second administration. During McMahon's tenure, he served as Attorney-General from March to August 1971 and then Secretary of State until defeat in the 1972 federal elections and the new Whitlam administration. After this election he also lost the confidence of his party members to represent the Liberal Party in parliament as chairman with a single vote to Billy Snedden .

In 1973 Bowen was appointed Chief Judge in the Supreme Court of New South Wales . He then became first Chief Judge (later Chief Justice) of the Federal Court of Australia in 1976 . He held this office until his resignation in 1990.

Honors

Bowen became Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1976 and a Companion of the Order of Australia in 1988.

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b c d e} Paul Keating : Condolences: Bowen, Sir Nigel Hubert, AC, KBE . In: Hansard . Parliament of Australia . October 10, 1994 . Archived from the original on May 24, 2011. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 30, 2007.  
2. ↑ ^{a b} Michael Lavarch : Condolences: Bowen, Sir Nigel Hubert, AC, KBE . In: Hansard . Parliament of Australia . October 10, 1994 . Archived from the original on May 24, 2011. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 30, 2007.  
3. ↑ ^{a b} Alexander Downer : Condolences: Bowen, Sir Nigel Hubert, AC, KBE . In: Hansard . Parliament of Australia . October 10, 1994 . Archived from the original on May 24, 2011. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 30, 2007.