Given the question: Facts: - residence: st. john 's , newfoundland and labrador - birth date: 4 june 1942 - name: william neil rowe - birth place: grand bank , newfoundland Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of bill rowe .
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william neil '' bill '' rowe qc -lrb- born june 4 , 1942 -rrb- is a former politician , lawyer , broadcaster , and writer in newfoundland and labrador , canada .he is married to penelope ayre rowe of st. john 's , who is a member of the order of canada .they have a son , dorian , a daughter , toby , and three grandchildren .rowe was born in grand bank and is the son of the late liberal senator frederick william rowe and the late edith laura butt .rowe attended memorial university of newfoundland where he earned a bachelor of arts .he studied for a bachelor of law at the university of new brunswick on a sir james hamet dunn scholarship , and went on to become a rhodes scholar , graduating with an honours m.a in law from the university of oxford .he entered politics and was elected to the newfoundland and labrador house of assembly five times , first at the age of twenty-four .he was appointed , at twenty-six , as a cabinet minister in the government of joey smallwood and became responsible for several departments .he was later elected as leader of the opposition , holding that position from 1977 to 1979 .he resigned his position prior to the 1979 general election , in favour of don jamieson , but kept his own seat .one of rowe 's political aides while he was opposition leader was a young brian tobin .in 1982 , rowe lost his seat in the newfoundland general election , which saw the progressive conservatives under the leadership of brian peckford , win by a landslide , taking 44 seats .after leaving politics , rowe resumed his law practice .as a lawyer , he practiced in st. john 's for over three decades , concentrating for years on labour-management arbitrations .during the 1980s he was retained by the federal minister of national revenue to conduct a nation-wide inquiry into fishermen 's perceived income tax problems with revenue canada .rowe was appointed to queen 's counsel in 2007 .a long-time public affairs commentator , rowe has appeared regularly on national and local television and radio...