Gordon Towers

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The Honourable
T. 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
(1919-07-05)July 5, 1919
Willowdale, Alberta
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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)

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Parliament of Canada
Preceded by Member of Parliament Red Deer
1972–1988
Succeeded by
Doug Fee