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Graeme Bowbrick

b. 1966

Canadian politician

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Born 1966. Graeme Bowbrick is a Canadian politician, lawyer and professor.

Graeme Bowbrick is a Canadian lawyer, educator and former politician. A faculty member in the criminology department at Simon Fraser University, he previously represented the riding of New Westminster in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1996 to 2001. As part of the British Columbia New Democratic Party (BC NDP) caucus, he served as Minister of Advanced Education, Training and Technology as well as Minister responsible for Youth in 2000, and as Attorney General and Minister responsible for Human Rights from 2000 to 2001.

Biography Bowbrick studied history and political science at Simon Fraser University, from which he received a Bachelor of Arts. Prior to becoming a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), he worked at the Westminster Community Legal Services Society.

He first ran for office in the 1993 federal election, contesting the riding of North Vancouver as a New Democratic Party candidate and finishing fourth. succeeding outgoing MLA Anita Hagen. He served as parliamentary secretary to Premier Glen Clark until resigning in July 1999.

After Ujjal Dosanjh took over as premier in February 2000, Bowbrick was named to the cabinet as Minister of Advanced Education, Training and Technology, and Minister responsible for Youth. He then assumed the roles of Attorney General and Minister responsible for Human Rights in November that year from Andrew Petter, who was dropped from the cabinet for declining to run in the 2001 provincial election. With the NDP trailing in the polls, Bowbrick lost his seat in that election to Liberal candidate Joyce Murray. He is also an adjunct professor at Simon Fraser University, teaching in the Criminology program.

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Born
1966
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Education
Simon Fraser University, University of Victoria Faculty of Law, Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia Vancouver
Positions held
King's Counsel

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Canadian politician

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· Wikipedia: Graeme Bowbrick

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