| James Lawrence Owens | |
| Birth Date: | December 30, 1899 |
| Birth Place: | Nebraska, U.S.[1] |
| Death Place: | Calgary, Alberta |
| Office: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
| Constituency: | Didsbury |
| Term Start: | June 29, 1955 |
| Term End: | September 28, 1960 |
| Predecessor: | Howard Hammell |
| Successor: | Robert Clark |
| Party: | Social Credit |
| Occupation: | politician |
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.
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.[2]
In the 1959 general election, Owens defeated Progressive Conservative candidate Douglas Munn and a Liberal candidate.[3]
Owens died of a heart attack on September 28, 1960, while still in office.[4]