Margot Vowles
Margot Vowles | |
|---|---|
| Mayor of Walkerville | |
| In office 2 May 1987 – 4 May 1991 | |
| Preceded by | George Sparnon |
| Succeeded by | Ian McBryde |
| Alderwoman of the Walkerville Council | |
| In office 1 July 1978 – 6 May 2000 | |
| Constituency | Gilberton |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Margot Anne Vowles Holbrook, New South Wales |
Margot Anne Vowles, OAM (born 1949) is an Australian property manager and retired fashion expert. She was a long-serving councillor in and mayor of the Town of Walkerville in Adelaide, South Australia for over two decades.
Vowles was born in 1949 in Holbrook, New South Wales. She attended Holbrook Primary School in that suburb from 1955 to 1959, Woodstock School for Girls from 1960 to 1961, and Toorak College from 1962 until her graduation in 1965. She was the personal assistant to fashion icons Lillian Wightman and Georgina Weir in the mid 1960s. From 1970 she was personal assistant to Prue Acton for 2 years.[1][2]
Vowles was elected to the Walkerville Council in 1978. She took office as Councillor for the Gilbert Ward on 1 July 1978.[3] She was re-elected in every election until she left the council in 2000.[4] She was elected the first female Mayor of the Town of Walkerville in 1987.[5] She was re-elected in 1989.
Since her resignation from the council she has provided commentary regarding the merging of local councils, including Walkerville, in the Adelaide area. She describes herself as a freelance Property and Project Manager. She was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia in June 2004 for service to local government and to the community of Walkerville. She was honoured by the Town of Walkerville when she was made an honourary 'Woman of Walkerville', and is now the Patron of this award.[6]
References[edit]
- ↑ Margot Vowles
- ↑ Murchie, A. and Vowles, M. (2003). Interview with Margot Vowles. [Audiobook] Adelaide: Walkerville Public Library Oral History Collection. Available at: https://www.worldcat.org/title/interview-with-margot-vowles/oclc/496116069 [Accessed 19 Oct. 2019].
- ↑ South Australian Government Gazette, 29 May 1980
- ↑ South Australian Government Gazette, 17 February 2000
- ↑ South Australian Government Gazette, 9 April 1987
- ↑ Women of Walkerville Foundation
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