Suzanne Cowan is a Canadian
Liberal party politician based in
Toronto
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,
Ontario
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. She is the current president of the
Liberal Party of Canada
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.
Biography
Suzanne Cowan is a native of
Halifax. Cowan's father is
Jim Cowan, a retired Liberal senator.
Cowan received degrees from
Mount Allison University and
Université de Strasbourg
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The French university traces its history to the ea ...
in
Strasbourg,
France
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.
Cowan became the president of the
Liberal Party of Canada
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in April 2018 after running unopposed.
Prior to being president, she served as vice president from 2016 to 2018, and as a senior advisor to
Justin Trudeau
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from 2012 to 2015.
In 2014, whilst Cowan was senior advisor to Trudeau, Trudeau had removed her father James and his fellow Liberal Senators from the Liberal caucus.
Personal life
Cowan lives in
Toronto
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.
She has two daughters, Grace and Clara Cunningham.
References
External links
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Living people
Presidents of the Liberal Party of Canada
Year of birth missing (living people)