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FREDERICK W.ROWE
p.266 (1968) - a long-time Smallwood follower
and Cabinet
minister - a potential
leader if not a somewhat
unlikely one - for
a while Joey's choice as his
successor - a safe
enough candidate because at best he
might become an
interim leader as head of a caretaker
government - only
a little younger than Smallwood and
carried his years
not nearly so well - lacked the
appeal needed in
a party leader - unlikely he could
have led the party
to victory even with Smallwood's
help.
p.271 - in the early fifties had inherited (Horwood's)
old
seat in Labrador
and was still young enough to be in
the running for
party leadership - fossilized at an
early age - soon
a more obvious candidate for senate
than for centre
stage in an election.
p.278 - in 1969 Joey's plan was to step down
himself, pass
the leadership on
to the aging Fred Rowe, and then work
on the problem of
a young successor - if Rowe was
expected to face
a leadership convention and a general
election, as tradition
suggested that he should, within
a few months of
inheriting the leadership, then the
whole thing was
obvious nonsense, whether Joey realized
it or not.
He might take Rowe to the convention,
already installed
as premier, and use all his authority
to get him accepted
as party leader. He might then
shepherd him through
the following election. This
seemed possible
from Joey's point of view; he had
enormous confidence
in his own persuasive powers, but
from the point of
view of the young turks in the party
it looked like an
impossible agenda. They'd be united
against Rowe at
the convention, and they all had
followers among
potential delegates. If by some
miracle Joey got
the convention to accept Rowe there
was still the problem
of making the public vote for
him. He could
have won an election with Joey's backing
in the early 50's,
but the 70's would be a different
story. Was
Rowe set up as a stalking horse? Ed
Roberts still wonders
about it. Personally, I don't
think so.
I think Joey was sincere on the issue, as on
so many others where
his thinking was clearly off-base.
In any case, once
Joey had decided to run in an effort
to succeed himself,
he offered to pay Rowe's expenses
out of his own campaign
fund - and indeed did so.
p.280 (1969) - Fred Rowe,
having consulted with Joey,
declared his candidacy
for the leadership. Apparently
it was a profound
shock to Joey when John Crosbie, just
days later, did
the same thing. ......Joey reconsiders
and decides to run
again, Rowe withdraws and supports
Smallwood.
p.294 (1971) Joey on the campaign trail on his own - no Fred Rowe.
p.296 (1971) - Despite the even distribution
of seats, the
election was nothing
less than a slaughter for the
Liberals.
Seven Cabinet ministers went down to defeat,
including Joey's
annointed successor, Fred Rowe.
WILLIAM N.ROWE
p.266 (1968) Another newcomer, later briefly
party leader,
was W.N.Rowe,
who was even younger than Roberts and had
a Rhodes scholarship
and a law degree behind him. At
26 he was the youngest
Newfoundlander ever to enter the
Cabinet. Like
Roberts, he had gone straight from law
school into politics,
and had married Penny Ayre,
perhaps the most
eligible young heiress in the
province.
Successively minister of housing and
minister of community
and social development, he lacked
Roberts almost uncanny
political talents, but clearly
had brains and ambition,
and also good looks in a
Little Lord Fauntleroy
sort of way. Rowe's father,
Fred, a longtime
Smallwood follower .......
p.305 (1972) .... won a close contest in White Bay South.
p.311 (1972) What he (Roberts) inherited was
a corporal's
guard of 7 colleagues,
only one of whom, Bill Rowe,
could be considered
a true front-bencher.
p.318 (1975) Following Robert's defeat, the
Liberals held yet
another convention,
and replaced Roberts with young
Bill
Rowe, a weaker leader, but one whom Joey could
tolerate.
p.320 (1975) He had dislodged Roberts from the
succession and
was now vacating
his seat in favor of William Rowe, his
very last heir apparent.
AUGUSTUS T.ROWE
P.335 listed as a member of the House of Assembley 1949-1971.