Gordon Towers
The Honourable Gordon Towers AOE | |
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13th Lieutenant Governor of Alberta | |
In office March 11, 1991 – April 17, 1996 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Governor General |
Ray Hnatyshyn Roméo LeBlanc |
Premier |
Don Getty Ralph Klein |
Preceded by | Helen Hunley |
Succeeded by | Bud Olson |
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Red Deer | |
In office October 30, 1972 – November 21, 1988 | |
Preceded by | Robert N. Thompson |
Succeeded by | Doug Fee |
Personal details | |
Born |
Thomas Gordon Towers July 5, 1919 Willowdale, Alberta |
Died |
June 8, 1999 79) Red Deer, Alberta | (aged
Political party | Progressive Conservative Party of Canada |
Spouse(s) | Doris R. Nicholson (m. 1940) |
Children | 5 |
Occupation | Farmer |
Thomas Gordon Towers, AOE (July 5, 1919 – June 8, 1999) was a Canadian politician and the 13th Lieutenant Governor of Alberta.[1]
A farmer by profession, Gordon Towers was an unsuccessful Progressive Conservative candidate in Red Deer, Alberta in the 1963 and 1965 federal elections.
He won a seat in the Canadian House of Commons in the 1972 election, and was re-elected four subsequent times. He did not run in the 1988 election. From 1984 to 1986, he was the Parliamentary Secretary to the Solicitor General of Canada. From 1986 to 1987, he was the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of State for Science and Technology.
In 1991, he was appointed to the position of Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta, and served until 1996.
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