Cumyow, Won Alexander

CUMYOW, Won Alexander, interpreter (b 24 Mar 1861, Port Douglas; d 6 Oct 1955, Vancouver). He was the first CHINESE born in Canada. After attending high school in NEW WESTMINSTER, he studied law and became a court interpreter and labour contractor. He was an interpreter in the VANCOUVER police court from 1904 to 1936. He voted for the first time in 1890, then not again until 1947 when the franchise was returned to residents of Asian background. Active in the city's Chinese community, he was...

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