Thomas Gordon Towers (July 5, 1919 – June 8, 1999) was a Canadian politician, member of Parliament (MP), and the 13th lieutenant governor of Alberta.
Early life
Thomas Gordon Towers was born on July 5, 1919, the youngest of four children to Thomas Henry Towers and Janet Morrison, on the family's homestead in the Willowdale District (present-day Red Deer County) southeast of Red Deer, Alberta.
Gordon Towers was educated at the Willowdale School, and although he aspired to go to university, he was unable to leave the family farm due to the Great Depression.
Gordon Towers married Doris Roberta Nicholson (b. 1921) on December 27, 1940, and they had five children together and fostered one daughter.
Gordon Towers died in Red Deer from complications of diabetes on June 8, 1999. He is buried in the Red Deer Cemetery.