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Cowie, Arthur Robert

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Title Sub-Lieutenant (RCN(R))
Official Number U-17395; O-16361
 
Birth 17/09/1934 Death 22/11/2009
Place Halifax Place Vancouver
Area NS Area BC
Country Canada Country Canada
 
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Biography
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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References
http://civicscene.ca/remebering-art-cowie; Bill Clearihue (Nominal List UNTD);
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