Famous People with Name Gowan

Ogle Robert Gowan            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ogle Robert Gowan: was a farmer, Orangeman, journalist and political figure in Upper Canada and Canada West.Gowan was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada for Leeds in 1834 and 1835 but was unseated due to violence at the polls by his Orange supporters. In 1836, he was elected in Leeds; despite his innate distrust of Roman Catholics, he had formed an alliance with Catholic voters to help bolster his support at the polls. In the same year, he founded the Brockville Statesman.

Sir James Robert Gowan            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sir James Robert Gowan: was a Canadian lawyer, judge, and senator. He retired in 1883. In 1885, he was appointed a Senator on the advice of John Alexander Macdonald representing the senatorial division of Barrie, Ontario. A Liberal-Conservative, he served for 22 until his resigning in 1907.

Charles Gowan            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Charles Gowan: was an American and Canadian pioneer and politician. He served as mayor of Antigo, Wisconsin and as a municipal councillor in Edmonton, Alberta. Gowan ran for alderman on the Edmonton City Council during the 1910 election. He was elected to a two year term by finishing fourth of eleven candidates, but his term, along with those of his colleagues, was truncated by the merger of Edmonton and Strathcona. He was re-elected to another two year term in the amalgamated city's first election, finishing second of eighteen candidates, but resigned three months into this term. He sought election once more later that year, but finished seventh out of seventeen candidates and was defeated. In his final bid for elected office, he finished fifteenth of eighteen in the 1914 election.