11th Leader of the National Party of Western Australia
In office 25 March 1985 – 16 October 2001
Deputy
Monty House
Preceded by
Dick Old
Succeeded by
Max Trenorden
Member of the Western Australian Parliament for Electoral district of Merredin
In office 30 March 1974 – 16 October 2001
Preceded by
James McMillan Brown
Succeeded by
Brendon Grylls
Personal details
Nationality
Australian
Political party
National Party
Alma mater
Hale School
Profession
Farmer
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Hendy John CowanAO (born 25 April 1943) is a former deputy premier of Western Australia.
He had served in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly as the Member for Merredin-Yilgarn from 30 March 1974 and the Member for Merredin from 19 February 1977.[1] He represented his electorate for a total of 27 years, including 23 years as leader of the National Party in Western Australia between 1979 and 2001.[2][3]
Cowan retired from the parliament on 16 October 2001, having been the Western Australian assembly's Father of the House since 14 December 1996.[1]
^ ab"Hon. Hendy John Cowan". Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 12 September 2008.
^"Council Members". Edith Cowan University. Retrieved 9 September 2008.
^"Honorary Degree Citation – The Hon Hendy Cowan" (PDF). Murdoch University. 14 March 2003. Retrieved 9 September 2008.
Hendy John Cowan AO (born 25 April 1943) is a former deputy premier of Western Australia. He had served in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly...
chancellor. Previous chancellors include Robert Nicholson (1997–2004), HendyCowan (2004–2018) and Kerry Sanderson (2019–2021). The University Council is...
by the retirement of the member for Merredin, former Nationals leader HendyCowan. Following a redistribution in 2008, Merredin was largely incorporated...
vote to oust Old. By August the party had completely fractured when HendyCowan, the vice president of the party and an MLA, and Jim Fletcher, the general...
of Sydney. Retrieved 15 October 2015. Mayes, Andrea (9 June 2014). "HendyCowan, Samina Yasmeen, Harry Phillips among West Australians honoured in Queen's...
after Old's election as leader, and in August 1978 three of its six MPs (HendyCowan, Ray McPharlin, and Matt Stephens) left to form their own party, the...
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announced that Jan Adams would replace Court as Ambassador to Japan. Court–Cowan Ministry "Moral High Ground For New Liberal President". Stateline Western...
8% Greenough Kevin Minson LIB 22.1% Stirling Monty House NAT 24.1% Moore Bill McNee LIB 27.9% Wagin Bob Wiese NAT 28.7% Merredin HendyCowan NAT 31.2%...
Political offices Preceded by HendyCowan Deputy Premier of Western Australia 2001–2008 Succeeded by Kim Hames Preceded by Colin Barnett Leader of the...
Edwards Bev Brennan (Lib) Pat Lim Colin Speed Merredin National Mick Cole HendyCowan (Nat) Midland Labor Michelle Roberts Anne Fergusson-Stewart (Lib) Michael...
James Dunlevy (Dem) Merredin NCP Norman Oates (Lib) Edith Towers (NCP) HendyCowan (Nat) Moore NCP John Halden Bert Crane* (NCP) Michael Flanagan (Lib)...
1968–1971 James Brown Labor 1971–1974 HendyCowan Country 1974–1977 Merredin (1977–2008) Member Party Term HendyCowan National 1977–2001 Brendon Grylls...
Edwardes LIB 12.8% South Perth Phillip Pendal LIB 13.2% v IND Merredin HendyCowan NAT 15.6% v LIB Jandakot Mike Board LIB 15.9% Avon Max Trenorden NAT...
interested in purchasing the operations. The Regional Development Minister, HendyCowan, was keen to see the mills become a more vertically integrated wool processing...
Cowan died at Fremantle on 22 January 1888. He was survived by 15 children. Edith Cowan was the wife of his son James. Peter Cowan and HendyCowan are...
Small Business In office 16 February 2001 – 27 March 2003 Preceded by HendyCowan Succeeded by Bob Kucera Minister for Goldfields-Esperance In office 16...
government between 1983 and 2008, the position of deputy premier was held by HendyCowan, a member of the National Party. Jessica Strutt, "Kim Hames 'not fussed'...
Western Australia 67 Geoff Gallop MLA Leader of the Opposition 68 The Hon. HendyCowan MLA Deputy Premier of Western Australia 69 The Hon. John Olsen FNIA MP...
party Second party Third party Leader Peter Dowding Barry MacKinnon HendyCowan Party Labor Liberal National Leader since 25 February 1988 25 November...
the AFL Commission as a result of his sexual assault charges. In 1997, HendyCowan, the Western Australian Minister for Commerce at the time, appointed...
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