1. Joel Francis Bowden was born on 21 June 1978 and is an Australian politician, former union leader and former professional Australian rules footballer.
12 Facts About Joel Bowden
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Joel Bowden was elected to the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly at the 2020 Johnston by-election, representing the Australian Labor Party until 2024.
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Joel Bowden previously played professional football for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League from 1996 to 2009.
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Joel Bowden's family moved to the remote South Australian community of Ernabella, in the 1980s as a very young boy where his father Michael was a community advisor.
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Joel Bowden spent a couple of years playing with indigenous children in the area.
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The family returned to Mildura for a few years before returning to Alice Springs in 1987, where Michael became a teacher and where Joel Bowden completed his schooling from the age of 9.
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Joel Bowden was drafted at the end of the 1995 AFL season under a father-son selection.
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In 2006, Joel Bowden was among the leading possession getters in the AFL, and had the most possessions shared between any two players with his brother Patrick.
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In round 16,2008, Joel Bowden was at the centre of a major controversy regarding rushed behinds.
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Joel Bowden played his last game against Collingwood in Round 20,2009, who defeated Richmond by 93 points.
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In 2018, Joel Bowden was appointed general secretary of Unions NT, the peak body for the labour movement in the Northern Territory.
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In February 2020, Joel Bowden ran for and won the 2020 Johnston by-election to the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly.