Gordon Towers, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gordon Towers

Canadian politician

Date of Birth: 05-Jul-1919

Place of Birth: Red Deer, Alberta, Canada

Date of Death: 08-Jun-1999

Profession: politician, farmer

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

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 House of Commons of Canada 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.