Role Set decorator Name Doug Mowat | ||
Full Name Douglas Lyle Mowat Born May 16, 1929Vancouver, British Columbia ( 1929-05-16 ) Died August 11, 1992(1992-08-11) (aged 63)Vancouver, British Columbia Awards BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Art Direction Nominations Academy Award for Best Production Design Set decorated Inception, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift Similar People Larry Dias, Guy Hendrix Dyas, Pete Bebb, Ed Novick, Lora Hirschberg | ||
Douglas Lyle Mowat (May 16, 1929 – August 11, 1992) 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.