She and Mary Gilu were the first women elected to the New Hebrides Representative Assembly, serving from 1975 to 1977.
Born Tessa Franklin,[1] Fowler earned an MA in philosophy, politics and economics at the University of Oxford.
[2] A member of the Union of the Communities of the New Hebrides (UCHN), Fowler was elected to the municipal council of Port Vila in the 1975 local elections in a seat reserved for British nationals.
[5] She was subsequently contested the Port Vila constituency for the UCNH in the November 1975 legislative elections.
[5] Alongside Mary Gilu, she was one of the first two women elected to the territory's legislature.