Matthew Fowler JP MP (1845 – 13 June 1898), was a British Liberal Party politician. Fowler was the son of Alderman Fowler who was five times Mayor of Durham. Like his father Fowler was also Mayor of Durham. He was appointed a

Justice of the peace A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower or ''puisne'' court, elected or appointed by means of a commission ( letters patent) to keep the peace. In past centuries the term commissioner of the peace was often used with the sa ...

. He was the successful Liberal candidate for the City of Durham at the 1892 General Election. He was re-elected at the 1895 General Election. Fowler was elected an Alderman of Durham City in 1897.'FOWLER, Matthew’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 201
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1845 births 1898 deaths UK MPs 1892–1895 UK MPs 1895–1900 Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for City of Durham {{England-Liberal-UK-MP-stub