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Cowie, Arthur Robert If you have images associated with this Person, please contact us at
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Title | Sub-Lieutenant (RCN(R)) |
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Official Number | U-17395; O-16361 |
Birth | 17/09/1934 | Death | 22/11/2009 |
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Place | Halifax | Place | Vancouver |
Area | NS | Area | BC |
Country | Canada | Country | Canada |
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After his naval service he served on the Vancouver Park Board and served as Chairman. He was elected as a Vancouver city councillor. He was elected to the BC Legislature in 1991 as a Liberal, representing Vancouver-Quilchena. In the Fall of 1993, he voluntarily gave up his seat for Gordon Campbell, allowing the current Premier to get into the legislature seamlessly. He was a Planner and Landscape Architect. |
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He was appointed as a Naval Cadet (UNTD) RCN(R) 1953. He served in HMCS Brunswicker for UNTD 1953. He was appointed as an A/Sub-Lieutenant RCN(R) (With seniority dated 01/07/1956). In 1956 he served in HMCS Brunswicker. He was appointed as an A/Sub-Lieutenant RCN(R) (With seniority dated 01/07/1957). (He was released.) |
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http://civicscene.ca/remebering-art-cowie; Bill Clearihue (Nominal List UNTD); |
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2015-06-03 00:00:00 |