Albert Philip Gower-Rees (1880–1956) was an Anglican priest who held senior leadership positions in Canada during the mid 20th Century. Born in Carmarthenshire, Gower-Rees was educated at Christ's College, Cambridge. He was ordained deacon in 1905; and priest in 1906. He served curacies in Walkley and Doncaster. He was Vicar of St James, Bolton, Bradford from 1912 to 1915; then a Chaplain to the Forces from 1915 to 1919. He was awarded the Military Cross in 1917 and wounded by a shell splinter the same year.