Photo of Wilhelmina "Mina" Henderson (standing) and Jean Rowe (later Jean Casselman Wadds) at a park in the summer. Both girls are wearing dresses with a beach and a small group of people around a picnic table visible in the background. Jean was the daughter of William Earl Rowe. During his political career, Earl Rowe served as reeve of the township of West Gwillimbury from 1919 to 1923. Rowe served as a Member of Provincial Parliament from 1923 to 1925, and was then elected to the House of Commons, where he served until 1935. From 1936 to 1938, he was leader of Conservative Party of Ontario though, as he did not have a seat in the legislature George S. Henry remained Leader of the Opposition. He also served as Ontario's twentieth lieutenant governor from 1963 to 1968. His daughter Jean was also a Member of Parliament and from 1958 to 1962 Earl and Jean were the only father and daughter to sit together in parliament. The Rowe family lived on a farm in Newton Robinson, and Earl's wife Treva remained close with Mina Henderson, whom the family had hired to help with running the household from 1928/9 until 1932. This photo was donated by Mina's daughter, Elizabeth Carson.
