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Title	Commander (NR)
Official Number	U-76235; O-75225

Birth	08/06/1930	Death	28/08/2015
Place	Duncan	Place	Salt Spring Island
Area	BC	Area	BC
Country	Canada	Country	Canada

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Honours
Awards	QC; AdC;
Qualifications	LLB;

Biography
He attended Dalhousie University Law School 1953-1955. He was first admitted to the Bar in 1958 (NS) and in 1961 (BC). In 1974 he was on the City of Vancouver Police Board. In 1977 he was Deputy Attorney-General for BC. 1n 1978 he was Chairmam, National Task Force on the Administration of Justice. In 1980 he successfully sued CBC over some false reporting alleging judicial improprieties on his part. In 1985 he was President of The Vancouver Institute.

Biography

He attended Dalhousie University Law School 1953-1955. He was first admitted to the Bar in 1958 (NS) and in 1961 (BC). In 1974 he was on the City of Vancouver Police Board. In 1977 he was Deputy Attorney-General for BC. 1n 1978 he was Chairmam, National Task Force on the Administration of Justice. In 1980 he successfully sued CBC over some false reporting alleging judicial improprieties on his part. In 1985 he was President of The Vancouver Institute.

Military Service
He was appointed as a Naval Cadet (S) (UNTD) (RCN(R)) (With seniority dated 27/01/1950). He served in HMCS Discovery for UNTD 1949-1951. He was appointed as an Instructor Sub-Lieutenant RCN(R). He was appointed as an Instructor Lieutenant RCN(R) (With seniority dated 01/09/1955). He was appointed as a Lieutenant-Commander (NR). He was appointed as a Commander (NR). (He was released.)

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Anecdotes
He was an Aide-de-Camp to Garde Gardom when the latter was the Lieutenant Governor of BC. He was called to the bar in Nova Scotia and had the great luck to convince Dr. Anne MacRae Macleod of Cape Breton, NS to marry him in 1957. They spent two years in England where Dick was a pupil at the Inner Temple and attended the LSE. His law career continued in Canada where he spent twelve years at the two- man firm Cooper & Vogel in Creston, BC, before moving to Vancouver and becoming a partner at Lawson Lundell and, later, Swinton & Company. In 1977 he was appointed Deputy Attorney General of BC where he enjoyed working with Attorneys General Garde Gardom and Allan Williams, most memorably on the 'Constitutional File', the battle over the repatriation of the Canadian Constitution. He won a landmark personal libel case against the CBC in 1982. He competed twice in the Victoria to Maui Yacht Race, completing the first with a broken mast and jury-rigged sail, and ran the Boston Marathon. (Published in Vancouver Sun and/or The Province from Sept. 1 to Sept. 3, 2015 )

Anecdotes

He was an Aide-de-Camp to Garde Gardom when the latter was the Lieutenant Governor of BC. He was called to the bar in Nova Scotia and had the great luck to convince Dr. Anne MacRae Macleod of Cape Breton, NS to marry him in 1957. They spent two years in England where Dick was a pupil at the Inner Temple and attended the LSE. His law career continued in Canada where he spent twelve years at the two- man firm Cooper & Vogel in Creston, BC, before moving to Vancouver and becoming a partner at Lawson Lundell and, later, Swinton & Company. In 1977 he was appointed Deputy Attorney General of BC where he enjoyed working with Attorneys General Garde Gardom and Allan Williams, most memorably on the 'Constitutional File', the battle over the repatriation of the Canadian Constitution. He won a landmark personal libel case against the CBC in 1982. He competed twice in the Victoria to Maui Yacht Race, completing the first with a broken mast and jury-rigged sail, and ran the Boston Marathon. (Published in Vancouver Sun and/or The Province from Sept. 1 to Sept. 3, 2015 )

References
Government of Canada The Canadian Navy List Ottawa ON; Bill Clearihue (Nominal List UNTD);
Last update
2015-09-06 00:00:00

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