Born in Fenwick, Ayrshire, Scotland on 23 September, 1860, , the son of a hand weaver, George Fowlds grew up in a home where Socialism and Liberalism were regularly discussed. On leaving school aged 12 he was apprenticed to a tailor and emigrated to South Africa in 1882 where he married Mary Anne Fulton and the couple raised a fmily of three sons and three daughters. Emigrating to New Zealand in 1885, he settled in Auckland and opened a menswear shop on Queen Street.
After a long period in community and local government activities, Fowlds entered parliament in 1899 and became Minister of Public…
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