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After two years as a Parliamentary Secretary at the Ministry of Technology, Fowler was the Minister of State for Education and Science from 1969 to 1970. He was there again for spells in 1974 and 1976, in between which times he was Minister of State for the  from 1974 to 1976.

Fowler had a career in university education outside parliament, having lectured at Oxford University before his election. He was Assistant Director of [[Huddersfield Polytechnic]] from 1970 to 1972, Visiting Professor at the [[University of Strathclyde]] from 1970 to 1974, and Professor of Educational Studies at the [[Open University]] from 1972 to 1974.^ref Ultimately he was Rector of the [[...|Polytechnic of East London]] from 1982 to 1992.^ref

Fowler died of [[cancer]] at his home in [[Regents Park]], [[London]],^ref in 1993 aged 58, and was cremated at [[Golders Green Crematorium]].^ref

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'''Gerald Teasdale Fowler''' (1 January 1935 &ndash; 1 May 1993), was a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] politician and university academic.

==Biography==
Fowler was the son of James A. Fowler (died 1964) of [[Long Buckby]], [[Northamptonshire]],<ref name=kellys>{{cite book|title=Kelly's Handbook 1977|publisher=Kelly's Directories Ltd|page=527}}</ref> and his wife Alfreda.<ref name=deathnotice>{{cite newspaper|title=Shropshire Star|date=Thursday 6 May 1993|page=31}}His death notice.</ref>

Fowler was educated at [[Northampton]] [[Grammar School]] (where he was a friend of [[Bernard Donoughue, Baron Donoughue|Bernard Donoughue]]) [[Lincoln College, Oxford]], and [[Goethe University Frankfurt|Frankfurt University]]. He was a university lecturer, a councillor on [[Oxford City Council]] 1960-64 and branch secretary of the [[Oxford]] branch of [[Association of Supervisory Staff, Executives and Technicians|ASSET]].

Fowler contested [[Banbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Banbury]] at the [[United Kingdom general election, 1964|1964 general election]]. At the [[United Kingdom general election, 1966|1966 general election]], he was elected as [[Member of Parliament]] for the marginal seat of [[The Wrekin (historic UK Parliament constituency)|The Wrekin]], with a majority of 846 votes and poster slogan of "follow Fowler"<ref name=shropstar>{{cite newspaper|title=Wrekin's former MP dies at 58|work=Shropshire Star|date=Monday 3 May 1993|page=1}}</ref> but lost it at the [[United Kingdom general election, 1970|1970 election]] to the Conservative candidate [[Anthony Trafford, Baron Trafford|Anthony ('Tony') Trafford]]. He regained his seat at the next opportunity [[United Kingdom general election, February 1974|February 1974 election]] and held it at the [[United Kingdom general election, October 1974|October 1974 election]]. However, at the [[United Kingdom general election, 1979|1979 general election]] he was defeated again, this time by the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] [[Warren Hawksley]].

After two years as a Parliamentary Secretary at the Ministry of Technology, Fowler was the Minister of State for Education and Science from 1969 to 1970. He was there again for spells in 1974 and 1976, in between which times he was Minister of State for the <<link:0>> from 1974 to 1976.

Fowler had a career in university education outside parliament, having lectured at Oxford University before his election. He was Assistant Director of [[Huddersfield Polytechnic]] from 1970 to 1972, Visiting Professor at the [[University of Strathclyde]] from 1970 to 1974, and Professor of Educational Studies at the [[Open University]] from 1972 to 1974.<ref name=kellys></ref> Ultimately he was Rector of the [[University of East London|Polytechnic of East London]] from 1982 to 1992.<ref name=shropstar></ref>

Fowler died of [[cancer]] at his home in [[Regents Park]], [[London]],<ref name=shropstar></ref> in 1993 aged 58, and was cremated at [[Golders Green Crematorium]].<ref name=deathnotice></ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
*''Times Guide to the House of Commons 1979''
*{{Rayment-hc|w|5|date=March 2012}}

== External links ==
* {{Hansard-contribs | mr-gerald-fowler | Gerald Fowler }}

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