| John Oates Bower | |
| Constituency Mp: | Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare |
| Parliament: | Canadian |
| Predecessor: | Frederick Thomas Armstrong |
| Successor: | Riding redistributed into South Shore and South Western Nova ridings. |
| Term Start: | 1965 |
| Term End: | 1968 |
| Birth Date: | 14 October 1901 |
| Birth Place: | Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Death Place: | Sandy Point, Nova Scotia, Canada[1] |
| Party: | Progressive Conservative Party |
| Occupation: | businessman executive |
John Oates Bower (14 October 1901 in Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada - 16 January 1981 in Sandy Point, Nova Scotia)[2] was a Canadian politician, businessman and executive. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in 1965 as a Member of the Progressive Conservative Party to represent the riding of Shelburne—Yarmouth—Clare. He was previously defeated in the 1963 election.
Bower worked as a geologist for Mobil-affiliated companies Columbian Petroleum and Colsag. He retired from that business in 1969, the year after he left federal politics due to poor health.