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After a career in the insurance business Bowen entered politics serving first as an alderman in Edmonton during the 1920s. He ran for mayor in 1928 but was defeated. In 1921 he was elected to the provincial legislative assembly as a Liberal MLA and became House Leader but was defeated in the 1926 provincial election.

In 1937 he was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of the province, two years after the Social Credit came to power under William Aberhart. He became involved in a constitutional crisis when he refused to give Royal Assent to three government bills. Two of the bills would have put the province's banks under the control of the provincial government while a third, the Accurate News and Information Act, would have forced newspapers to print government rebuttals to stories the provincial cabinet objected to. All three bills were later declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of Canada and the Judicial Committee of the Privy CouncilThe Judicial Committee of the Privy Council is one of the highest courts in the United Kingdom. It is also the highest court of appeal (or court of last resort) for several independent Commonwealth countries, the UK overseas territories, and the British c.

In 1938Events January -June January 3 The March of Dimes is established by Franklin Delano Roosevelt. January 11 Frances Moulton is the first woman to become president of a US national bank. January 20 Wedding of king Farouk I of Egypt and Farida Zulficar in Cai, Bowen even threatened to dismiss Aberhart's government, which would have been an extraordinary use of his reserve powers. The Social Credit government remained immensely popular with the Albertan people, however, so the threat was not carried out.

During World War IIWorld War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the world's nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. The war was fough, Bowen spent a lot of his time promoting the sale of war bondWar bonds were a form of savings bond used in the United States to help fund World War I and World War II. During World War II, there was a promotional cardboard container with slots for quarters. There were 75 slots for $18. 75 in quarters. When it was fs and otherwise helping the war effort.

He was reappointed for a second term and continued to serve as Lieutenant-Governor until 1950.

John C. Bowen died on January 2January 2 is the 2nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 363 days remaining (364 in leap years). Events 366 Alamanni cross frozen Rhine in large numbers, invading Roman Empire. 1492 Reconquista: Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spa, 1957Events January January 2 San Francisco and Los Angeles stock exchanges merge. January 3 Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch January 4 After 69 years the last issue of Colliers magazine is published January 5 Russell Endean becomes t, in Edmonton, and was buried in the Edmonton Cemetery.