Stephen Owen (politician)

Stephen Owen
Member of Parliament
for Vancouver Quadra
In office
November 27, 2000 – July 27, 2007
Preceded byTed McWhinney
Succeeded byJoyce Murray
Personal details
Born
Stephen Douglas Owen

(1948-09-08)September 8, 1948
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
DiedJune 29, 2023(2023-06-29) (aged 74)
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Political partyLiberal
Spouse
Diane Owen
(m. 1971)
Relatives
Profession
  • Lawyer
  • professor

Stephen Douglas Owen PC KC (September 8, 1948 – June 29, 2023) was a Canadian lawyer, administrator and politician. From 2000 to 2007 he served as Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Vancouver Quadra, encompassing the western end of the City of Vancouver. As part of the Liberal Party of Canada caucus, he was a member of Prime Minister Paul Martin's government, serving in cabinet as Minister of Public Works and Government Services from 2003 to 2004, and as Minister of Western Economic Diversification and Minister of State for Sport from 2004 to 2006. He left parliament to join the University of British Columbia (UBC) as the vice-president of External, Legal and Community Relations,[1] serving in that role until 2012.

  1. ^ "Vice President External, Legal and Community Relations" (PDF). University of British Columbia Organizational Charts. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 7, 2011.

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