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Merchant, Evatt Francis Anthony

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Title Lieutenant (N) (NR)
Official Number U-01771; O-51298
 
Birth 00/00/1944 Death (nk)
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Honours Decoration of Honour in Silver (Austria);
Awards QC;
Qualifications BA, LLB, Dadmin
 
Biography
He was living in Saskatoon SK at the time of his recruitment. After his naval service he was a journalist. He studied at the University of Saskatchewan. He was admitted to the Saskatchewan bar in 1968, to the Alberta bar in 1976, to the British Columbia bar in 1977 and to the Arizona bar in 1987. He founded the Regina-based Merchant Law Group an 11 office 50 lawyer firm specializing in Class Actions. he started articling as a 22-year-old, after having earned an arts degree then a law degree from the University of Saskatchewan. He also has an MBA from the University of Regina. Merchant says he “fell into” radio and began hosting an open-line show on the CBC at the same time as his law career was getting off the ground. He also serves as Austrian consul for Saskatchewan. In 2012 was elected the Dean of the Saskatchewan Consular Corps by his 18 Corps colleagues.
 
Military Service
He was appointed as an Officer Cadet (UNTD) RCN(R) 1962. He served in HMCS Unicorn for UNTD 1962. He was appointed as an A/Sub-Lieutenant RCN(R) (With seniority dated 15/09/1964). He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant RCN(R) (With seniority dated 15/09/1965). He was appointed as a Lieutenant (NR). (He was released 1989.)
 
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Anecdotes
He was elected as Member Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan - Regina Wascana. ran unsuccessfully for the federal seat in Regina East in 1979 and 1980. He was appointed as a Fellow - International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. His wife is a sitting Canadian Senator. Merchant received $25 million from the federal government for his work on behalf of residential school survivors, leading to the $1.9-billion native residential schools settlement. Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada confirmed he could also "earn up to $40 million in legal fees, as well as tens of millions more for sexual and physical claims that are being handled by a special adjudicator and for which the government will add 15 per cent in order to cover legal fees." Tony Merchant, senior partner with the Merchant Law Group confirmed in an interview with the Star Phoenix that his firm "could gross $100 million handling lawsuits filed by survivors of Indian residential schools."[
 
References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Bill Clearihue (Nominal List UNTD); http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Merchant;
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2015-05-25 00:00:00

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