Charles Christopher Bowen, KB. KCMG. (1830 - 12 December 1917) was a 19th century New Zealand politician. For the game see 1830 (board game. Year 1830 ( MDCCCXXX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display Events 627 - Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II 's Persian Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island
Life
Bowen was born in County Mayo, Ireland and studied law for two years at Cambridge University. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world The University of Cambridge (often Cambridge University) located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the At the age of 20 he emigrated with his parents on one of the first four ships to the Canterbury settlement. Canterbury ( ˈkæntəbɹ̩i is a City in eastern Kent in the South East region of England.
His law training led to a position as private secretary to John Robert Godley, founder of the Canterbury colony. John Robert Godley ( May 29, 1814 - November 17, 1861) was Irish Statesman and Bureaucrat. He was in charge of the police force, and became a part-owner of the Lyttleton Times newspaper. [1]
In 1859, Bowen traversed the Andes on foot on his return to England, where he married Georgina Elizabeth Markham. The Andes form the world's longest exposed Mountain range. They lie as a continuous chain of highland along the western coast of South America.
Following their return to Christchurch, Bowen was appointed Resident Magistrate, a position he held from 1864-1874.
Parliament
Bowen was directly appointed to cabinet (by way of the Legislative Council) in 1874, but wary of criticism that a public servant had been awarded political office, he stood for election to the House of Representatives the following year. [2] He represented the Canterbury electorate of Kaiapoi in Parliament from 1875 to 1881, when he retired. He had been Minister of Justice from 1874 to 1877. The Minister of Justice is a minister in the government of New Zealand. Bowen was responsible for the Education Act 1877, which provided for compulsory free, secular primary education.
He was appointed to the Legislative Council, of which he was the Speaker from 1905 to 1915. The Legislative Council of New Zealand was the Upper house of the New Zealand Parliament from The Speaker of the Legislative Council was the chair of New Zealand 's Upper house, the Legislative Council. [3]
Bowen was knighted in 1910. He had seven children.
References
- ^ First Four Ships
- ^ Dictionary Of New Zealand Biography
- ^ New Zealand Parliamentary Record 1840-1984 by J. O. Wilson (1985, Government Printer, Wellington)
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