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About Mahlon K. Cowan
- Mahlon K.
- Cowan, (May 10, 1863 – October 28, 1917) was a lawyer and political figure in Ontario, Canada.
- He represented Essex South in the House of Commons of Canada from 1896 to 1904 as a Liberal.He was born in Blytheswood, Canada West, the son of Walter Cowan, an Irish immigrant, and Mary Ann Kitchen.
- Cowan was educated in Brantford and Collingwood, went on to study law with Arthur Sturgis Hardy and was called to the bar in 1890.
- He set up practice in Windsor.
- Cowan married Clara L.
- Pilkey in 1892.
- In 1902, he was named King's Counsel.
- Cowan served as solicitor for the Grand Trunk Railway from 1904 to 1910.
- He died in Toronto at the age of 54.Cowan was one of the lawyers who defended Anderson Veney in 1893; the defence argued unsuccessfully that Veney was not guilty by reason of insanity.
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