Suzanne Cowan | |
Office: | President of the Liberal Party of Canada |
Term Start: | 21 April 2018 |
Predecessor: | Anna Gainey |
Successor: | Sachit Mehra[1] |
Leader: | Justin Trudeau |
Office1: | Vice President (English) of the Liberal Party of Canada |
Term Start1: | 24 August 2016 |
Term End1: | 21 April 2018 |
President1: | Anna Gainey |
Leader1: | Justin Trudeau |
Father: | Jim Cowan |
Residence: | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Birth Place: | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
Alma Mater: | Mount Allison University Université de Strasbourg |
Termend: | 6 May 2023 |
Suzanne Cowan is a Canadian politician based in Toronto, Ontario. She served as the President of the Liberal Party of Canada from April 21, 2018 to May 6, 2023.
Suzanne Cowan is a native of Halifax.[2] Cowan's father is Jim Cowan, a retired Liberal senator. Cowan received degrees from Mount Allison University and Université de Strasbourg in Strasbourg, France.
Cowan became the president of the Liberal Party of Canada in April 2018 after running unopposed. Prior to being president, she served as vice president from 2016 to 2018, and as a senior advisor to Justin Trudeau from 2012 to 2015.[3] [4] [5] In 2014, whilst Cowan was senior advisor to Trudeau, Trudeau had removed her father James and his fellow Liberal Senators from the Liberal caucus.[6]
Cowan lives in Toronto.[7] She has two daughters, Grace and Clara Cunningham.