David Bowman
4 August 1860 — 25 February 1916
David Bowman (11‑76‑12/13)
Bowman was born on the 4 August 1860 in Bendigo, Victoria, son of miner, Archibald Bowman and Isabella. He arrived in Queensland in 1887 and established his own bootmaking business in New Farm. He married in 1885, Elizabeth Jane Smith, who bore him two sons and two daughters. He entered politics and held various seats in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1899 until his death on the 25 February 1916 at Brisbane. Bowman was an organiser for the Australian Workers Union and leader of the Queensland Labor Party from 1907 to 1912.