Frederick Bowden Rattle (13 August 1869 – 13 August 1950) was an Australian politician. He was born in

Hobart Hobart ( ; Nuennonne/Palawa kani: ''nipaluna'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Home to almost half of all Tasmanians, it is the least-populated Australian state capital city, and second-small ...

and was an accountant and solicitor before entering politics. In 1903 he was elected to the

Tasmanian House of Assembly The House of Assembly, or Lower House, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of Tasmania in Australia. The other is the Legislative Council or Upper House. It sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Hobart. The Assembly has 25 m ...

as the member for Glenorchy. With the introduction of

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in 1909 he successfully ran for the new seat of Denison as an

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. He left the House in 1912 and died in Hobart in 1950.

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1869 births 1950 deaths Free Trade Party politicians Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly {{Australia-FreeTrade-politician-stub