Colin Rowe

Colin Davies Rowe (12 April 1911 – 2 August 1970) was a lawyer and politician in South Australia. He served as 37th Attorney-General of South Australia from 1955 to 1965.

History He was born the eldest son Mr and Mrs. L. G. Rowe of "Rockleigh", Sandilands, about south-west of Ardrossan, and educated at Kadina High School and King's College, Adelaide, where he was head prefect for two consecutive years. He studied law at the University of Adelaide, gaining his LLB in 1934, and was admitted to the bar in December 1934 at the same ceremony as Roma Mitchell. He worked as a lawyer at Ardrossan, then set up in practice at Maitland in 1942. He was chairman of the Maitland Hospital Board, secretary of the Yorke Peninsula Local Government Association, and secretary of the Ardrossan Hospital. He retained the seat until 1970.

Family He married Elsie Dorothy Macklin of Brighton on 22 October 1938. They had at least two children: son 7 January 1941 daughter 10 April 1947