John C. Bowen Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
John Campbell Bowen (1872-1957) was a clergyman and was the longest serving Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta in the history of the province.After a career in the insurance business Bowen entered politics serving first as an alderman in Edmonton during the 1920s. He ran for mayor in 1928 but was defeated. In 1921 he was elected to the provincial legislative assembly as a Liberal MLA and became House Leader but was defeated in the 1926 provincial election.
In 1937 he was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of the province, the same year that the Social Credit came to power under William Aberhart. He became involved in a constitutional crisis when he refused to give Royal Assent to three government bills. Two of the bills would have put the province's banks under the control of the provincial government while a third, the Accurate News and Information Act, would have forced newspapers to print government rebuttals to stories the provincial cabinet objected to. All three bills were later declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of Canada and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.
During World War II, Bowen spent a lot of his time promoting the sale of war bonds and otherwise helping the war effort.
He was reappointed for a second term and continued to serve as Lieutenant-Governor until 1950.
John C. Bowen died on January 2, 1957, in Edmonton, and was buried in the Edmonton Cemetery.
| Preceded by: Philip C. H. Primrose | List of Alberta lieutenant-governors | Succeeded by: John J. Bowlen |
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