George Fowler (politician)

[1] Moderate on most subjects, he was a staunch advocate of free trade, opposing protective duties and unbalanced electorates.

For a time, Fowler and fellow Scotsman William Murray,[4] invested in a pastoral property, "Pandurra", west of Port Augusta.

[5] Fowler was active in the Sunday school movement; he served as deacon and treasurer and helped to form the Baptist Association and the aged ministers' fund.

As president of the Baptist Union he aimed at dissolving church debts and started a building fund and a mission in India.

Fowler died at his home "Wooton Lea" in Glen Osmond, South Australia[6] on 1 October 1896; he was survived by his wife, two sons and two daughters, and left an estate valued at £80,000.