Pat Nowlan

John Patrick Nowlan (10 November 1931 – 25 April 2020) was a Progressive Conservative backbench Member of Parliament representing a Nova Scotia riding in the House of Commons of Canada continuously from 1965 to 1993. Nowlan was the son of Diefenbaker-era Minister of Finance George Nowlan.

Nowlan was an unsuccessful candidate at the 1976 Progressive Conservative leadership convention, running as a right-wing candidate.

In 1991, Nowlan was expelled from the Tory caucus after voting against the Mulroney government's introduction of the Goods and Services Tax. Nowlan sat as an "Independent Progressive Conservative" until his defeat in the 1993 federal election. Nowland died on 25 April 2020, aged 88.[1]

Pat was married to Cynthia Nowlan, an entrepreneur who started a store in Ottawa called 'The Pepper Pot'. He has four children and six grandchildren.