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Place of Birth: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
About Doug Mowat
- Douglas Lyle Mowat (May 16, 1929 – August 11, 1992) was a Canadian politician, who served as a Social Credit Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1983 to 1991, representing the riding of Vancouver-Little Mountain.
- A quadriplegic following an accident playing rugby at age 17, Mowat was the first wheelchair user elected to a legislature in Canada.A founding member of the BC Paraplegic Association, he was the organization's executive director from 1962 until his death.
- He first entered elected politics as a Vancouver Parks Board commissioner, and subsequently was elected to the legislature in 1983. He was named a member of the Order of Canada in 1982 in honour of his work on behalf of people with disabilities.
- He died in August 1992.
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