Walter Stewart Owen

This article is about Walter Stewart Owen, the Canadian lawyer. For the Scottish translator, see Walter Owen.

The Honourable Walter Stewart Owen OC, QC
22nd Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia
In office February 13, 1973 – May 18, 1978
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governors General	Roland Michener Jules Léger
Premier	Dave Barrett Bill Bennett
Preceded by	John Robert Nicholson
Succeeded by	Henry Pybus Bell-Irving
30th President of the Canadian Bar Association
In office 1958–1959
Preceded by	Arthur Kelly, Q.C.
Succeeded by	Renault St. Laurent, c.r.
Personal details
Born	(1904-01-26)January 26, 1904 Atlin, British Columbia
Died	January 13, 1981(1981-01-13) (aged 76) Vancouver, British Columbia
Nationality	Canadian

Walter Stewart Owen, OC QC (January 26, 1904 – January 13, 1981) was the 22nd Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia from 1973–1978.

In his youth, Owen was the first premier of the British Columbia Older Boys' Parliament, which later became the British Columbia Youth Parliament. He became a prominent lawyer in Vancouver. He was called to the Bar of British Columbia in 1928 and in 1933 was named the youngest crown prosecutor in Canada at that time. He later went into private practice and co-founded the Vancouver law firm Owen Bird. In 1958, he was elected as the president of the Canadian Bar Association.

In 1956, Owen and business partner Frank Griffiths purchased New Westminster radio station CKNW and co-founded Western International Communications Ltd. ("WIC").

He is the father of Philip Owen, who served three terms as the mayor of the city of Vancouver.

In 1978, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.

External links

• Biography from the website of the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia