John Flowers
Member of the New South Wales Parliament
for Rockdale
In office
26 March 2011  6 March 2015
Preceded byFrank Sartor
Succeeded bySteve Kamper
Personal details
Born (1954-01-14) 14 January 1954
NationalityAustralian
Political partyLiberal Party
ResidenceBrighton-Le-Sands
OccupationTeacher
WebsiteParliamentary webpage

John Frederick Flowers (born 14 January 1954), an Australian politician, was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Rockdale for the Liberal Party from 2011 to 2015.[1]

Early years and background

Flowers was a teacher at Belmore Boys' High School for over 20 years. He served as a Councillor on Kogarah Council between 1999 until 2004, and then Rockdale Council since 2004, where he served as Deputy Mayor and then Mayor.

Political career

In 2011, Flowers contested the normally safe[2] Labor seat of Rockdale in the St George-Kogarah district. He was elected with 53.6 per cent of the two-party vote.[3] Flowers' main opponent was Steve Kamper, representing Labor. Frank Sartor who was the previous Labor sitting member had earlier announced his retirement from politics after holding the seat for 8 years.[3]

References

  1. "Mr John Frederick Flowers". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  2. "Avoid scandals, O'Farrell tells his MPs". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. AAP. 30 March 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
  3. 1 2 Green, Antony (5 April 2011). "Rockdale". NSW Votes 2011. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 27 April 2011.

 


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