Biografie
He arrived in Vancouver in 1894 and founded the Conservative Association in Vancouver.
He worked as a lawyer in the firm of Cowan & Shaw in Vancouver he was made both a QC and a KC.
He lived at 1225 Davie Street in Vancouver.
He was elected as member of Parliament for Vancouver Centre.
He was the father of Irene Cowan Rogers.
He was the City Solicitor for Vancouver 1907-08 resigning to run for parliament.
He was elected as the Member of Parliament for Vancouver Centre in 1908.
He drafted the Chinese Head Tax Law.
He lost the Conservative nomination to H.H. Stevens in 1911.
He owned the south end of Bowen Island and kept a summer home there.
Benannte Orte
Cowan Point (Bowen Island (BC)
Referenzen
- Walbran, Captain John T. (1909)
- Kluckner, M. (1993)
- Brissenden, Constance with Larry Loyie. (1997) Greater Vancouver Hall of Fame. In The Greater Vancouver Book: an urban encyclopedia. Ed. Chuck Davis. Vancouver BC: Linkman Press.
