Background
He was born in Melbourne to Roy Wilmott Harrowfield and Irene Mary Whitworth.
- Photos
- Works
- Photos
- Works
John Harrowfield
Edit Profile
Education
He attended state schools and then Melbourne University, where he received a Bachelor of Commerce.
Career
He worked as an accountant and as an economics tutor at Melbourne University and the Swinburne and Chisholm Institutes of Technology. In 1982 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the member for Mitcham. He was promoted to the front bench as Minister for Small Business in 1991, becoming Minister for Finance in 1992, but he lost his seat in the election later that year.
Since 1992 he has been a public policy researcher and consultant.
Membership
A member of the Australian Labor Party, he was president of the Blackburn North branch from 1974 to 1979.
