Gordon Towers | |
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13th Lieutenant Governor of Alberta | |
In office March 11, 1991 – April 17, 1996 |
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Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Preceded by | Helen Hunley |
Succeeded by | Bud Olson |
Personal details | |
Born | July 5, 1919 Willowdale, Alberta |
Died | June 8, 1999 Red Deer, Alberta |
(aged 79)
Thomas Gordon Towers, AOE (July 5, 1919 – June 8, 1999) was a Canadian politician and the 13th Lieutenant Governor of Alberta.
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.
Parliament of Canada | ||
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Preceded by Robert N. Thompson |
Member of Parliament Red Deer 1972-1988 |
Succeeded by Doug Fee |
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