Beniah Bowman
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Beniah Bowman (March 14, 1886 – April 13, 1941) was an Ontario farmer and political figure. He represented Manitoulin in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1918 to 1926 and Algoma East in the Canadian House of Commons from 1926 to 1930 as a United Farmers member.
He was born in Waterloo County, Ontario. He was elected in an 1918 by-election held after the death of Robert Roswell Gamey, becoming the first member of his party to sit in the provincial assembly. Bowman was Minister of Lands and Forests in the provincial cabinet from 1920 to 1923. He ran unsuccessfully as a Liberal in Algoma East in 1930.
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- Member's parliamentary history for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
- Synopsis of federal political experience from the Library of Parliament
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