# Russell Rowe

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{{short description|Canadian politician}}
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{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox officeholder
| name          = Russell Rowe
| image         =
| caption       =
| office        = [Ontario MPP](/source/Member_of_Provincial_Parliament_(Ontario))
| term_start    = 1963
| term_end      = 1981
| predecessor   = [William Goodfellow](/source/Bill_Goodfellow)
| successor     = [Howard Sheppard](/source/Howard_Sheppard)
| constituency  = [Northumberland](/source/Northumberland_(Ontario_provincial_electoral_district))
| party         = [Progressive Conservative](/source/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Ontario)
| birth_date    = December 1, 1914
| birth_place   = [Campbellford, Ontario](/source/Campbellford%2C_Ontario), Canada
| death_date    = {{death date and age|1994|09|21|1914|12|01}}
| death_place   = [Cobourg, Ontario](/source/Cobourg%2C_Ontario), Canada
| occupation    = Teacher
| spouse        = Marjorie Emma
| children      = 6
}}
'''Russell Daniel Rowe''' (December 1, 1914<ref name=bio/> – September 21, 1994<ref name=death/>) was a [Canadian](/source/Canadians) politician who served as [Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario](/source/Speaker_of_the_Legislative_Assembly_of_Ontario) from 1974 to 1977.

==Background==
Born in [Campbellford, Ontario](/source/Campbellford%2C_Ontario), the son of Harold Rowe and Elizabeth Jane Roe,<ref name=normandin>{{cite book |title=Canadian Parliamentary Guide |year=1971 |last=Normandin |first=Pierre G}}</ref> he was educated at Campbellford High School and [Queen's University](/source/Queen's_University_at_Kingston). Rowe served as a pilot in the [Royal Canadian Air Force](/source/Royal_Canadian_Air_Force) during [World War II](/source/World_War_II). After leaving the military he worked as a teacher and stockbroker.<ref name=bio>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/whoseservantiams00ontauoft |title=Whose servant I am" : speakers of the assemblies of the province of Upper Canada, Canada and Ontario, 1792-1992 |pages=282–87 |last=Dale |first=Clare A |publisher=Ontario Legislative Library |location=Toronto |year=1992|isbn=978-0-7729-9343-4 }}</ref> He married Marjorie Emma McKeown in 1942 and they had six children.<ref name=normandin/> Rowe died at home in Cobourg, Ontario.<ref name=death>{{cite news |newspaper=Globe and Mail |date=September 23, 1994 |title=Deaths |page=A15}}</ref>

==Politics==
Rowe was elected to the [Legislative Assembly of Ontario](/source/Legislative_Assembly_of_Ontario) in the [1963 provincial election](/source/1963_Ontario_general_election) as the [Progressive Conservative](/source/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Ontario) [Member of Provincial Parliament](/source/Member_of_Provincial_Parliament_(Ontario)) (MPP) for [Northumberland](/source/Northumberland_(Ontario_provincial_electoral_district)) riding.

He was appointed Deputy Speaker in 1971 by [Bill Davis](/source/Bill_Davis) and also chaired the select committee on economic and cultural nationalism in Canada. In 1974, he was appointed Speaker after [Allan Reuter](/source/Allan_Reuter) was forced to resign due to poor health.<ref name=bio/> It was during Rowe's term that the Speaker was given the added responsibility of administering the staff and operations of the legislative buildings and grounds.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/house-proceedings/house_detail.do?locale=en&Sess=3&Parl=35&Date=1994-11-01#P99_27930  |title=Tribute by the Legislative Assembly of Ontario |date=November 1, 1994}}</ref>

The [1975 provincial election](/source/1975_Ontario_general_election) produced Ontario's first [minority government](/source/minority_government) in thirty years presenting Rowe with a challenging and rowdy session. He was a popular speaker, however, considered "sweet-tempered" by MPPs on both sides of the House.

Rowe was appointed to a third term as Speaker following the [1977 election](/source/1977_Ontario_general_election) (which produced a second minority) but resigned shortly into the session to resume his seat on the [backbench](/source/backbench). He retired from politics before the 1981 general election. In 1983, he was named to the [Liquor Control Board of Ontario](/source/Liquor_Control_Board_of_Ontario).<ref name=bio/>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Ontario MPP biography|id=russell-daniel-rowe}}
*{{cite web |url=http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/house-proceedings/house_detail.do?locale=en&Sess=3&Parl=35&Date=1994-11-01#P99_27930  |title=Tribute by the Legislative Assembly of Ontario |date=November 1, 1994}}

{{Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario}}

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