William Earl Rowe
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The Hon. William Earl Rowe PC |
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Dufferin—Simcoe |
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In office 1925–1963 |
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| Preceded by | riding created |
| Succeeded by | Ellwood Madill |
| 20th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario | |
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In office May 1, 1963 – July 4, 1968 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor General |
Georges Vanier Roland Michener |
| Premier | John Robarts |
| Preceded by | John Keiller MacKay |
| Succeeded by | William Ross Macdonald |
| Personal details | |
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May 13, 1894 Hull, Iowa, United States |
| Died | February 9, 1984 (aged 89) Newton Robinson, Ontario, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Treva Alda Lillian Lennox (m. 1917) |
| Relations | Arza Clair Casselman(son-in law) |
| Children | Howard, William, Jean |
| Occupation | Farmer, Rancher |
| Profession | Politician |
| Religion | United Church of Canada |
William Earl Rowe, PC (May 13, 1894 – February 9, 1984), was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as the 20th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1963 to 1968. He also had four children, one of which died during labour.
Rowe was born in Hull, Iowa of Canadian parents in 1894. He moved to Ontario with his family at the age of two and grew up to become a farmer and cattle breeder. He was reeve of the township of West Gwillimbury from 1919 to 1923. Rowe served as a Member of Provincial Parliament from 1923 to 1925, and was then elected to the House of Commons, where he served until 1935.
From 1936 to 1938, he was leader of Conservative Party of Ontario though, as he did not have a seat in the legislature George S. Henry remained Leader of the Opposition.
In the public mind, the cause of labour was identified with the American Congress of Industrial Organizations and communism. During the 1937 provincial election when Liberal premier Mitchell Hepburn was railing against the C.I.O's attempt to unionize General Motors and the supposed threat posed by organized labour, Rowe refused to take a stand against the C.I.O. and repeatedly asserted that: "the issue was not law and order but the right of free association." At the time the Conservatives were strongly associated with the Orange Order which had long held a pro-labour position. Rowe's stance resulted in George A. Drew breaking with the party in order to run as an "Independent Conservative" in the 1937 election in opposition to Rowe's position.
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