Edwin Wesley Howard Fowles (17 June 1871 – 29 December 1945) was a Barrister, Journalist, and member of the Queensland Legislative Council.

[3] Fowles first attempt at entering the Queensland Parliament came at the 1912 state election when, representing the Liberals, he was a candidate for the seat of Fortitude Valley but was soundly defeated by David Bowman of the Labor Party.

[4] Just three months after his defeat, Fowles was appointed to the Legislative Council in July 1912 by Queensland Premier, Digby Denham.

As the unofficial opposition leader in the Council in 1915, Fowles often led his team in rejecting legislation that had been prepared by the Ryan-led Labor government.

Following the Council's abolition in 1922, Fowles once again stood as a candidate for Fortitude Valley at the 1923 state election, losing to Labor's Thomas Wilson[6] He had one more attempt at entering the Legislative Assembly in 1926 but once again lost, this time to Peter McLachlan in the seat of Merthyr.