George Cowling stationed as a meteorological assistant with No. 4 Bomber Group RAF in Yorkshire, and worked as a forecaster for the RAF, working in Britain, Normandy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany until 1953. In 1954 he was transferred to the London Weather Centre. On 11 January 1954, at the age of 33, George Cowling gave the first televised weather forecast, from the BBC's Lime Grove Studios, at 7.55pm. The forecast was live and 'in vision', with Cowling standing in front of the weather map, using a pencil and rubber to show the weather for the next day. He informed the viewing
Alfred Hozack Cowling first political office was as an Alderman in the City of Toronto, where he represented Ward 7, known as "West Toronto Junction". He won three times, in the elections held in January 1949, January 1950, and December 1950. He did not run for re-election in the 1951 election. Cowling was elected in the general election in 1951, defeating incumbent Bill Temple by 2,371 votes. Cowling was re-elected in the general elections in 1955, 1959, and 1963. He served as a backbench member of the Leslie Frost and John Robarts majority Progressive Conservative governments and, during each term in office, he