[2][1] A planter,[3] he held the title of vui in Fa'asaleleaga district.
[3] He contested the 1938 elections to the Legislative Council, finishing fourth in the two-seat European constituency.
[5] However, he was elected in 1941, surprisingly defeating Alfred Smyth.
In 1948 the Legislative Council was replaced with the Legislative Assembly, to which Stowers was elected as sole elected representative of the Labour Party.
He died in Apia hospital at the age of 76 around the start of 1963.