Doug Mowat
Douglas Lyle Mowat was a Canadian politician, who served as a Social Credit Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1983 to 1991, representing the riding of Vancouver-Little Mountain. A quadriplegic following an accident playing rugby at age 17, Mowat was the first wheelchair user elected to a legislature in Canada.
A founding member of the BC Paraplegic Association, he was the organization's executive director from 1962 until his death. He first entered elected politics as a Vancouver Parks Board commissioner, and subsequently was elected to the legislature in 1983.
He was named a member of the Order of Canada in 1982 in honour of his work on behalf of people with disabilities. He died in August 1992.
