James Lawrence Owens
James Lawrence Owens (December 30, 1899 – September 27, 1960) was a politician from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1955 until his death in 1960 as a member of the Social Credit caucus in government.
James Lawrence Owens | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta | |
| In office June 29, 1955 – September 28, 1960 | |
| Preceded by | Howard Hammell |
| Succeeded by | Robert Clark |
| Constituency | Didsbury |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 30, 1899 Nebraska, U.S.[1] |
| Died | September 27, 1960 (aged 60) Calgary, Alberta |
| Political party | Social Credit |
| Occupation | politician |
Political career
Owens first ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the 1955 general election as a Social Credit candidate in the electoral district of Didsbury. He defeated Coalition candidate Ben Brown by a few hundred votes.[2]
In the 1959 general election, Owens defeated Progressive Conservative candidate Douglas Munn and a Liberal candidate.[3]
Owens died of a heart attack on September 28, 1960 while still in office.[4]
gollark: So why are you mucking with loadstring?
gollark: What are you even trying to do?!
gollark: Also, `configure`, `cmake`, `autoconf`, probably more...
gollark: Except probably not since it's evil and will never work properly.
gollark: It doesn't have a package manager but you have to use libraries somehow.
References
- "Didsbury Official Results 1955 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 6, 2010.
- "Didsbury Official Results 1959 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved March 6, 2010.
- "Illness Proves Fatal to Mrs. Gladys Robinson". Vol LIII No 262. The Lethbridge Herald. October 21, 1960. p. 1.
External links
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.