Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
Sir Archibald Howie | |
Order: | 62nd Lord Mayor of Sydney |
Term Start: | 1 January 1936 |
Term End: | 31 December 1937 |
Predecessor: | Arthur McElhone |
Successor: | Sir Norman Nock |
Office1: | Alderman of the Sydney City Council |
Term Start1: | 3 December 1934 |
Term End1: | 5 December 1941 |
Constituency1: | Macquarie Ward |
Order2: | Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council |
Term Start2: | 23 April 1934 |
Term End2: | 26 October 1943 |
Successor2: | Samuel Williams |
Birth Date: | 12 May 1879 |
Birth Place: | Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom |
Death Place: | Hunters Hill, New South Wales, Australia |
Spouse: | Emily Clara Manuelle (m. 1912–1943; his death) |
Party: | Civic Reform United Australia Party |
Sir Archibald Howie (12 May 1879 - 26 October 1943) was a Scottish-born Australian politician.
He was born in Glasgow to mason Archibald Howie and Janet Ferguson. His family migrated to New South Wales in 1881, and Howie became a building contractor, eventually taking over his father's business. In 1912 he married Emily Clara Manuelle, with whom he had a son.[1] [2] [3] In 1927 he was elected for a single term as President of the Master Builders Association of New South Wales.[4]
From 1934 to 1941 he was a member of Sydney City Council, and from 1934 to 1943 he was a United Australia Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Council. He was knighted in the 1938 New Year Honours. In 1939 he was appointed a Fellow of the Senate of the University of Sydney, serving until his death.[5] [6] He was president of the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales from 1941 until his death.[7] [8]
Howie died at his Hunters Hill residence, "Clifton" in Woolwich Road, which had been his home since 1919, on 26 October 1943.[9] His funeral was held at St Stephen's Presbyterian Church on Macquarie Street and he was buried in South Head Cemetery.[10] [11]