George Hasted Dowker (27 February 1900 – 4 April 1986) was

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from 1953 to 1960. He was the son of English-born James Dowker of Winnipeg, educated at the

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in 1927. His early career was in

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. Later he was

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of Holy Trinity Cathedral, New Westminster. In 1944 he became Rector of Grace Church-on-the-Hill, Toronto, and was subsequently Dean of Christ Church Cathedral in Montreal. He held further incumbencies in

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and

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before his time as

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. After this he was Archdeacon of

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from 1960 to 1966. He died in Victoria, British Columbia, on 4 April 1986 and was buried in the Royal Oak Burial Park, Saanich, B.C. He married Eva Ross McNaught on October 12, 1927 and had two children, Phyllis Ord (Dowker) Bossiere, born September 16, 1929, and John Hasted Dowker, born September 6, 1933.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dowker, George Hasted 1900 births University of Manitoba alumni Canadian Anglican priests Deans of Montreal Archdeacons of Bow Valley 1986 deaths