Percival John Rowe (November 18, 1893 – January 26, 1978) was an accountant and a Canadian federal politician. He was born in

Bowmanville, Ontario Bowmanville is a community of approximately 40,000 people located in the Municipality of Clarington, Regional Municipality of Durham, Durham Region, Ontario, Canada. It is approximately east of Toronto, and east of Oshawa along Highway 2 (Ontar ...

. Rowe ran for the

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as a candidate from the

Social Credit Party of Canada The Social Credit Party of Canada (), colloquially known as the Socreds, was a populist political party in Canada that promoted social credit theories of monetary reform. It was the federal wing of the Canadian social credit movement. Origins ...

. He was elected by a comfortable margin defeating 3 other candidates. He would leave the Social Credit party and run for the

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in the

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and be defeated finishing a distant 3rd place by

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candidate

Joseph Miville Dechene Joseph Miville Dechene (October 22, 1879 – December 1, 1962) was a Canadian farmer and politician who served at all three levels of government. He served as a councillor of the town of Bonnyville from 1928 to 1934, as a Liberal MLA in the Leg ...

and Social Credit Member of Parliament William Hayhurst who had previously represented the

Vegreville Vegreville () is a town in central Alberta, Canada. It is on Highway 16A approximately east of Edmonton, Alberta's capital city. It was incorporated as a town in 1906, and that year also saw the founding of the ''Vegreville Observer'', a week ...

riding. He died in Lakeview, Ontario in 1978.

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* 1893 births 1978 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Alberta Social Credit Party of Canada MPs People from Clarington Co-operative Commonwealth Federation candidates for the Canadian House of Commons 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada {{Alberta-MP-stub