Kenneth Edward Vowles (born 29 September 1971) is an Australian politician and former cricketer from the

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. He was a member of the

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from 2012 until 2020, representing the electorate of Johnston. He was Minister for Primary Industry and Resources and Minister for Aboriginal Affairs in the Gunner government from 2016 to 2018. He was sacked as a minister and expelled from the Labor caucus in December 2018 and subsequently remained in parliament as a Labor backbencher outside caucus, but announced his resignation from parliament in November 2019 with effect from January 2020. Born in Darwin, Vowles attended the

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on a scholarship from 1989 to 1990, during which time he toured internationally with the Australian Under-19 team.Ken Vowles (Australia)

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. As an Under-19 player, Vowles held the record for the fastest

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scored at the

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until the record was broken by

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.Territory cricket identity Ken Vowles drops into The Guestroom
''The Guestroom'' (105.7 ABC Darwin), 16 December 2011. In 2008, Vowles contested the seat of Blain as a Labor Party candidate at that year's Territory general election, although he was defeated by Terry Mills, the future

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. He nominated to contest the seat of Johnston in the 2012 election, although a controversy emerged when the Labor Party threatened the ''

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'' with legal action to prevent the newspaper from publishing a story about Vowles' spent assault conviction from a fight in 1992 (Labor leader

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had previously been critical of another candidate for not disclosing a manslaughter conviction).Arnost, Melanie
Labor candidate's assault conviction causes stir
''ABC News'', 14 August 2012. Vowles was elected as member for Johnston, although the Henderson government was defeated by the Country Liberal Party.Results: NT General Election
, Northern Territory Electoral Commission, 25 August 2012. After two years as a minister, Vowles was sacked as a minister and excluded from the Labor caucus, along with two backbench colleagues, on 21 December 2018. On 28 November 2019, he announced that he would resign from parliament with effect from 31 January 2020.

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Ken Vowles, Member for Johnston
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vowles, Ken 1971 births Living people Members of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly Australian Labor Party members of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly Indigenous Australian politicians Indigenous Australian cricketers 21st-century Australian politicians