Background
He was born at Hammersmith in Kent to stonemason David Dowel and Elizabeth Springthorpe.
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Career
The family moved to New South Wales around 1841. In 1887 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the member for Tamworth. A Protectionist, he served until his defeat in 1894.
He then moved to Queensland, where he became a mining surveyor and unsuccessfully contested the state seat of Herberton.
He died at Herberton in 1905.
