Art Cowie (September 17, 1934 – November 21, 2009) was an

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and political figure in

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. He represented

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in the

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from 1991 to 1993 as a

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. He was born in 1934 in

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. Cowie was educated at the

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, at

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and at the

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. He served on the

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and then on

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city council. Cowie resigned his seat in the provincial assembly in 1993 to allow

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to be elected to the assembly. He was president of Sungold Entertainment Corporation and of Eikos Planning Incorporated. In 2003, he was named a director for the North Fraser Port Authority. Cowie lobbied for the introduction of

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row housing in Vancouver and built a demonstration project. He died from respiratory failure at the age of 75.

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1934 births 2009 deaths British Columbia Liberal Party MLAs Canadian landscape architects Canadian urban planners People from Halifax, Nova Scotia {{BritishColumbia-MLA-stub