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

Percy John Rowe
Member of Parliament
for Athabaska
In office
1935–1940
Preceded byPercy Griffith Davies
Succeeded byJoseph Miville Dechene
Personal details
Born(1893-11-18)November 18, 1893
Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada
DiedJanuary 26, 1978(1978-01-26) (aged 84)
Lakeview, Ontario, Canada
Political partySocial Credit Party of Canada
Professionaccountant

Rowe ran for the House of Commons of Canada as a candidate from the Social Credit Party of Canada. He was elected by a comfortable margin defeating 3 other candidates. He would leave the Social Credit party and run for the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation in the 1940 Canadian federal election and be defeated finishing a distant 3rd place by Liberal candidate Joseph Miville Dechene and Social Credit Member of Parliament William Hayhurst who had previously represented the Vegreville riding. He died in Lakeview, Ontario in 1978.

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