Suzanne Cowan

Suzanne Cowan is a Canadian political administrator based in Toronto, Ontario. She served as the President of the Liberal Party of Canada from April 21, 2018 to May 6, 2023.

Biography Suzanne Cowan is a native of Halifax. Cowan's father is former Liberal senator Jim Cowan who was leader of the opposition Liberal caucus in the Senate from 2008 to 2016.

Cowan became national vice president of the Liberal Party of Canada at its 2016 convention held in Winnipeg, the first convention held since the party returned to power. At the Winnipeg convention, the freshly elected PM Trudeau implored delegates to adopt a revamped party constitution that drastically altered the party's governance and organization model. Cowan led the drafting of much of the new rules needed to operationally implement the revamped constitution following the convention. In 2018, she was elected unopposed as party president at its 2018 convention held in Halifax, She has two daughters, Grace and Clara Cunningham.