Career
He served as a member in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1955 until his death in 1960 sitting with the Social Cr caucus in government. Owens ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the 1955 Alberta general election as a Social Cr candidate in the electoral district of Didsbury. Owens ran for a second term and was easily re-elected in the 1959 Alberta general election.
Owens died of a heart attack on September 28, 1960.