About Cuthbert Cowan
Lived 1835 – 1927 (aged 91–92). Cuthbert Cowan was a New Zealand politician.
Cuthbert Cowan (1835 – 4 April 1927) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament from Southland, New Zealand.
Biography
Political career
Cowan represented the Wallace electorate in 1869, but he resigned after only three months, and then the Hokonui electorate from to 1890, when he retired. He unsuccessfully contested the electorate in both the 1896 general election and the against Joseph Ward.
Death He died on 4 April 1927 in Invercargill aged 92.
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Who was Cuthbert Cowan?
New Zealand politician
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Cuthbert Cowan was born in 1835.
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Cuthbert Cowan died on 1 April 1927.
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Cuthbert Cowan was a politician.
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Cuthbert Cowan was New Zealand.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Cuthbert Cowan. https://biography.guide/cuthbert-cowan/
MLA: "Cuthbert Cowan." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/cuthbert-cowan/.
Chicago: "Cuthbert Cowan." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/cuthbert-cowan/.
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