Ambrose's brother Walter studied violin in Vienna and played in the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra.
A horse chestnut tree was planted behind the family business from seed brought from Vienna by Walter.
[1][2] Holowach first ran for a seat in the House of Commons of Canada as a candidate of the Social Credit party in the 1949 federal election.
He remained an MP until Progressive Conservative candidate William Skoreyko defeated him in the 1958 federal election.
Shortly before the 1971 general election, he was appointed Minister of Culture, Youth and Recreation by Premier Harry Strom.