Career
Born in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, to weaver David Hill Dow and Agnes Lamont, he arrived in Melbourne in December 1848 and settled in Geelong, becoming a farmer. He later became a journalist and edited the Leader, becoming a vociferous advocate for land reform. In 1877 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the member for Kara Kara, serving until 1893.
He was Minister for Agriculture (1886-1890) and Mines (1886).
In 1893 he was declared insolvent and left politics, returning to journalism. He died at Kew in 1923.
