Hendy Cowan

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Who is Hendy Cowan?

Hendy John Cowan is a former Deputy Premier of Western Australia.

He had served in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly as the Member for Merredin-Yilgarn from 30 March 1974 and the Member for Merredin from 19 February 1977. He represented his electorate for a total of 27 years, including 23 years as leader of the National Party in Western Australia between 1979 and 2001.

Cowan retired from the parliament on 16 October 2001, having been the Western Australian assembly's Father of the House since 14 December 1996.

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Born
Apr 25, 1943
Merredin
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Education
  • Hale School

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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