Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
John J. Bowlen | |
Order: | 7th |
Office: | Lieutenant Governor of Alberta |
Predecessor: | John C. Bowen |
Term Start: | February 1, 1950 |
Term End: | December 16, 1959 |
Governor General: | The Viscount Alexander of Tunis Vincent Massey Georges Vanier |
Premier: | Ernest Manning |
Office1: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
Term Start1: | June 19, 1930 |
Term End1: | August 8, 1944 |
Predecessor1: | Alexander McGillivray Robert Parkyn |
Successor1: | Howard MacDonald Aylmer Liesemer |
Alongside1: | Hugh Farthing, John Irwin, George Harry Webster, Fred J. White, Harold McGill, Edith Gostick, Ernest Manning, Fred Anderson, John Hugill, James Mahaffy, Andrew Davison, William Aberhart |
Constituency1: | Calgary |
Birthname: | John James Bowlen |
Birth Date: | 21 July 1876 |
Death Place: | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
Nationality: | Canadian |
Party: | Liberal |
Children: | 3 |
Residence: | Calgary |
Occupation: | Rancher, farmer |
Profession: | politician |
John James Bowlen (July 21, 1876 - December 16, 1959) was a Canadian rancher, farmer, provincial politician and the seventh Lieutenant Governor of Alberta. Upon the death of his wife, his eldest daughter, Mary Bowlen Mooney became official hostess as "Lady to His Honour the Lieutenant Governor."[1]