Patricia Anne Cowan (1943 – May 8, 2006) was a politician in

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. She represented

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in the

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from 1989 to 1996 as a

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. Patt Cowan was born in

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and moved to Newfoundland in 1974. Cowan was a primary school principal in Conception Bay South during the 1980s. She was president of the Newfoundland and Labrador Teachers' Association from 1987 to 1989. Cowan was elected to the Newfoundland assembly in 1989. She served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Employment and Labour Relations, Minister of Environment and Lands and Minister Responsible for the Status of Women.

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1943 births 2006 deaths Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador MHAs Members of the Executive Council of Newfoundland and Labrador Women MHAs in Newfoundland and Labrador 20th-century Canadian women politicians Women government ministers of Canada {{Newfoundland-politician-stub