Phillip Walter Owen
1933 - 2021 (88 years)Person ID: I10340 "Gjerde/Monsen" |  Last Modified: 21 Aug 2023
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Name Phillip Walter Owen Nickname Pip Gender Male Birth 11 Mar 1933 Vancouver, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada Died 30 Sep 2021 Vancouver, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada [1] Cremated -
Family
Wife Living (ID:I10338) Children 1. Living (ID:I10346) 2. Living (ID:I10347) -
Event Map
Birth - 11 Mar 1933 - Vancouver, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada Died - 30 Sep 2021 - Vancouver, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada = Link to Google Earth -
Source Citations
- [FIND-A-GRAVE] Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/256342307/philip-walter-owen.
VANCOUVER -- Former mayor of Vancouver Philip Walter Owen died Thursday night at the age of 88.
Owen was mayor for three terms, having served from 1993 to 2002 as a member of the right-of-centre Non-Partisan Association.
was the 36th mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia from 1993 to 2002, making him one of Vancouver's longest serving mayors. His father was Walter S. Owen, who was Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia from 1973 to 1978.
m.1957 Brita, attended same schools
Before entering Vancouver politics, he was the manager at Eaton's West Vancouver department store in his 20s' and by his 30s' he was an independent entrepreneur with a fabric business in Vancouver, Victoria, and New York.
Because of his vision and commitment on issues he was recognized by Simon Fraser University, B.C. Health Officers, B.C. Civil Liberties Association, The Richard J. Dennis Drugpeace Award (New York), the Canadian Criminal Justice Association and more.
Ppredeceased by his parents Walter Stewart Owen, and wife Jean (nee Dowler), older brother David Owen and younger sister Margaret Barbeau.
Member of the Order of Canada, like his father in 1978 was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.