Bowser, William John

BOWSER, William John, lawyer, politician, premier 15 Dec 1915–23 Nov 1916 (b 3 Dec 1867, Rexton, NB; d 25 Oct 1933, Vancouver). After graduating from Dalhousie Univ in Halifax, he moved to VANCOUVER in 1891 and began practising law. He won a Vancouver seat in the provincial legislature in 1903 as a CONSERVATIVE and held it for the next 21 years. He was attorney general and the most important cabinet member in Richard McBRIDE's government in 1907–15. In 1914 he sent the militia to the...

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