Gordon Towers

The Honourable Gordon Towers AOE
13th Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
In office March 11, 1991 – April 17, 1996
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governor General	Ray Hnatyshyn Roméo LeBlanc
Premier	Don Getty Ralph Klein
Preceded by	Helen Hunley
Succeeded by	Bud Olson
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Red Deer
In office October 30, 1972 – November 21, 1988
Preceded by	Robert N. Thompson
Succeeded by	Doug Fee
Personal details
Born	Thomas Gordon Towers July 5, 1919 Willowdale, Alberta
Died	June 8, 1999 (aged 79) Red Deer, Alberta
Political party	Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
Spouse(s)	Doris R. Nicholson (m. 1940)
Children	5
Occupation	Farmer

Thomas Gordon Towers, AOE (July 5, 1919 – June 8, 1999) was a Canadian politician and the 13th Lieutenant Governor of Alberta.^[1]

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 Canadian House of Commons 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.

Arms

Arms of Gordon Towers

Adopted September 1, 2005 Crest A demi lion Or crowned with a coronet of wild roses Gules alternating with maple leaves on a rim Or the dexter paw holding a quill Azure the sinister paw supporting a book proper bound Azure the sinister page charged with a Latin cross Or Escutcheon Azure a cowboy mounted on a horse statant between three ducal coronets Or Supporters Dexter a horse Or unguled Gules gorged with a collar of rope Azure pendant therefrom a stag's head erased Gules Sinister a bull Or unguled and accorné Gules marked on the rump with the brand of Dromore Ranch Sable and gorged with a wreath of northwest poplar leaves Vert pendant therefrom a torteau charged with six mullets Or Compartment Prairie grass proper Motto OMNIBUS QUIBUS OCCURRI INTERSUM Latin: (I LIVE AMONG EVERYTHING I EVER RAN INTO) Orders The ribbon and insignia of a Companion of the Order of Canada. DESIDERANTES MELIOREM PATRIAM (They desire a better country)

References

1. http://www.lieutenantgovernor.ab.ca/AOE_Legacy/Member/111/Full

External links

• Gordon Towers – Parliament of Canada biography