William Reid Owen
Appearance
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Mayor_Owen_meets_Admiral_Field_aboard_HMS_Hood_at_Vancouver_1924.jpg/300px-Mayor_Owen_meets_Admiral_Field_aboard_HMS_Hood_at_Vancouver_1924.jpg)
Mayor Owen meets Rear Admiral Field on the visit of HMS Hood to Vancouver with the Battlecruiser Squadron, June 1924
William Reid Owen (25 November 1864 – 22 March 1949) was the 20th mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia in 1924. He was born in Ontario and moved to Vancouver in 1899.
He became mayor after winning a narrow victory over Louis Taylor by 53 votes. He lost to Taylor the following year by 640 votes.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Mackie, John (30 November 2002). "The mayors of Vancouver". The Vancouver Sun. p. B4.
External links
[edit]- Vancouver History: list of mayors, accessed 20 August 2006