Fred Wellington Bowen

Fred Wellington Bowen
Fred Wellington Bowen
	Bowen, c. 1930
Member of the Canadian Parliament; for Durham
	In office; 1921–1935
Preceded by	Newton Rowell
Succeeded by	Wilbert Franklin Rickard
Personal details
Born	May 23, 1877; Newcastle, Ontario, Canada
Died	July 7, 1949 (aged 72)
Party	Conservative Party
Occupation	farmer

Fred Wellington Bowen (May 23, 1877 in Newcastle, Ontario, Canada – July 7, 1949) was a Canadian politician and farmer. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in 1921 as a Member of the historical Conservative Party to represent the riding of Durham. He was re-elected in the elections of 1925, 1926, 1930 but defeated in 1935. Prior to his federal career, he was reeve and councillor of Clarke Township, Ontario.

Electoral record

v t e 1935 Canadian federal election: Durham
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%}
	Liberal	Wilbert Frank Rickard	6,649	48.00	+4.66
	Conservative	Fred Wellington Bowen	6,176	44.58	-12.08
	Reconstruction	R. Rufus Choate Macknight	531	3.83
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Ralph Sharpe Staples	497	3.59

v t e 1930 Canadian federal election: Durham
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%}
	Conservative	Fred Wellington Bowen	6,827	56.67	+0.23
	Liberal	Montague John Holman	5,221	43.33
Source: lop.parl.ca

v t e 1926 Canadian federal election: Durham
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%}
	Conservative	Fred Wellington Bowen	6,508	56.43	+2.82
	Liberal–Progressive	Melville Howden Staples	5,024	43.57

v t e 1925 Canadian federal election: Durham
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%}
	Conservative	Fred Wellington Bowen	7,020	53.61	+12.71
	Liberal	Charles Vincent Massey	6,074	46.39	+5.48

v t e 1921 Canadian federal election: Durham
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%}
	Conservative	Fred Wellington Bowen	5,106	40.90	-39.93
	Progressive	Thomas Albert Victor Reid	3,936	31.53
	Liberal	William Thomas Roche Preston	3,441	27.57	+8.40