James Lawrence Owens (December 30, 1899 – September 27, 1960) was a politician from Alberta, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1955 until his death in 1960 as a member of the Social Credit caucus in government.

Political career

Owens first ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the 1955 general election as a Social Credit candidate in the electoral district of Didsbury. He defeated Coalition candidate Ben Brown by a few hundred votes. In the 1959 general election, Owens defeated Progressive Conservative candidate Douglas Munn and a Liberal candidate. Owens died of a heart attack on September 28, 1960, while still in office.