Allan Rowe

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}{{Infobox officeholder

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| name = Allan Rowe

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| birth_date = October 16, 1956

| birth_place = Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|3|16|1956|10|16}}

| death_place = Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

| office = MLA for Dartmouth South

| term_start = October 8, 2013

| term_end = March 16, 2015

| predecessor = Marilyn More

| successor = Marian Mancini

| party = Liberal

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| spouse = Yvonne

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Allan Rowe (October 16, 1956 – March 16, 2015) was a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2013 provincial election. A member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party, he represented the electoral district of Dartmouth South.[http://metronews.ca/news/halifax/818290/nova-scotia-votes-riding-by-riding-results-for-halifax-region/ "Nova Scotia votes: Riding-by-riding results for Halifax region"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228045416/http://metronews.ca/news/halifax/818290/nova-scotia-votes-riding-by-riding-results-for-halifax-region/ |date=2014-02-28 }}. Metro, October 8, 2013.

Personal life

Rowe was born in Hamilton, Ontario. He attended McMaster University and, later Memorial University.{{Cite news|last=The Canadian Press|date=March 16, 2015|title=Allan Rowe, broadcaster turned Nova Scotia MLA, dies|work=The Globe and Mail|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/allan-rowe-broadcaster-turned-nova-scotia-mla-dies/article23469082/|access-date=August 7, 2020}} Rowe lived most of his adult life on the East Coast, following his professional career.

He was admitted to hospital in late February 2015, after suffering an aneurysm while shovelling.{{Cite news|date=March 16, 2015|title=Allan Rowe, Dartmouth South MLA, dead at 58|work=CBC|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/allan-rowe-dartmouth-south-mla-dead-at-58-1.2996656|access-date=August 7, 2020}} He died on March 16, 2015, at the age of 58, leaving his seat in the legislature vacant.{{cite news |title=Dartmouth South MLA Allan Rowe dies |url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/metro/1274921-dartmouth-south-mla-allan-rowe-dies |publisher=The Chronicle Herald |date=March 16, 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913085653/http://thechronicleherald.ca/metro/1274921-dartmouth-south-mla-allan-rowe-dies|archive-date=September 13, 2018}}

Career

Prior to his election to the legislature, Rowe was a longtime television news anchor on CJON-DT, CJCH-TV, ASN and CIHF-TV.[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/fake-online-clip-of-ferry-creates-real-headache-for-tv-stations-1.678956 "Fake online clip of ferry creates real headache for TV stations"]. CBC News, February 2, 2007.

= Politics =

In 2013, Rowe ran in the Nova Scotia general election for the Liberal Party of Nova Scotia in the riding of Dartmouth South. He won the election and was elected to legislature and served as the government caucus whip. Following Rowe's death, his duties as whip were reassigned to Brendan Maguire.

{{Election box begin|title=2013 Nova Scotia general election - Dartmouth South}}

|align="right"| 4,049

|align="right"| 46.24

|align="right"| +18.34

|New Democratic Party

|Mary Vingoe

|align="right"| 2,918

|align="right"| 33.32

|align="right"| -22.24

|Progressive Conservative

|Gord Gamble

|align="right"| 1,612