William Owens (Canadian politician) explained

Honorific-Prefix:Hon.
William Owens
Birth Date:May 15, 1840
Birth Place:Stonefield, Lower Canada
Death Place:Westmount, Quebec
Party:Conservative
Office:Senator for Inkerman, Quebec
Term Start:January 2, 1896
Term End:June 8, 1917
Appointed:Mackenzie Bowell
Predecessor:John Joseph Caldwell Abbott
Successor:Richard Smeaton White
Office2:Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Argenteuil
Term Start2:1881
Term End2:1892
Predecessor2:Robert Greenshields Meikle
Successor2:William John Simpson
Occupation:Merchant

William Owens (May 15, 1840  - June 8, 1917) was a Canadian politician.

Born in Stonefield, County of Argenteuil, Canada East, the son of Owen Owens and Charlotte Lindley, Owens was a lieutenant in the Active Militia. He was also mayor, councillor and postmaster of the Township of Chatham. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec in the 1881 Quebec general election as the Conservative candidate in the riding of Argenteuil. He was acclaimed in 1886 and re-elected in 1890. He resigned in 1891. He was appointed to the Senate on the advice of Mackenzie Bowell representing the senatorial division of Inkerman, Quebec on January 2, 1896. A Conservative, he served 21 years until his death in 1917.