Francis James Rowe (22 September 1860 – 23 October 1939) was an Australian trade unionist and politician who was a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1927 to 1930, representing the seat of North-East Fremantle.
A trained stonemason, he arrived in Western Australia in 1900 and began working on the Fremantle Wharf.
[1] Rowe was elected secretary of the Fremantle Lumpers Union in 1902, and would serve in the position until entering parliament (including during the 1919 wharf riot).
[2] Prior to the 1924 state election, Rowe contested the Labor preselection ballot for the seat of Fremantle.
[3] Rowe entered parliament at the 1927 election, replacing the retiring William Angwin in North-East Fremantle.