John Power Howden (1879-1959)

Physician, MP (1926), MP (1926-1930), MP (1930-1935), MP (1936-1940), MP (1940-1945), Senator.

Born at Perth, Ontario on 5 December 1879, son of Robert C. Howden and Mary Martina Nichol, he attended Winnipeg public schools and the University of Manitoba (MD), after which he practiced medicine at St. Boniface. He was elected Mayor of St. Boniface (1916-1917), then was elected to the House of Commons for St. Boniface in 1925, re-elected in 1926, 1930, 1935, and 1940. He was appointed to the Senate in April 1945. Howden was married twice, first to Ann Maude Dunn (7 September 1909) and second to Marie Odile Gladu (22 November 1927). He died on 4 November 1959 at Winnipeg.

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Profile revised: 28 August 2009

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