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Solicitor General of Canada (1923–1925) Edward James McMurray PC QC (June 4, 1878 – April 20, 1969) was a Canadian politician. Born in Thorndale, Ontario , he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the Manitoba riding of Winnipeg North in the 1921 federal election .
Roland Roy McMurtry OC OOnt KC (May 31, 1932 – March 18, 2024) was a Canadian lawyer, judge and politician in Ontario.He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1975 to 1985, serving in the cabinet of Bill Davis as Attorney General and as Solicitor General. [1]
The Law Society of Upper Canada and Ontario's Lawyers, 1797–1997. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-1-4426-2337-8. OCLC 904376526. P'ng, Justin (2019). "The Gatekeeper's Jurisdiction: The Law Society of Ontario and the Promotion of Diversity in the Legal Profession". University of Toronto Faculty of Law Review. 77: 82– 107.
Garry Hoy (January 28, 1954 – July 9, 1993) was a Canadian lawyer who died when he fell from the 24th floor of his office building at the Toronto-Dominion Centre in Toronto, Ontario. In an attempt to prove to a group of prospective articling students that the building's glass windows were unbreakable, he threw himself against the glass. The ...
Osgoode Hall, 1884. The Law Society of Ontario Archives collects and preserves records and other material that documents the history of the legal profession in Ontario.The Archives acquires and preserves records of permanent value to the Law Society of Ontario (formerly the Law Society of Upper Canada), the regulatory body for lawyers and paralegals in the province of Ontario.
Ian Gilmour Scott OC (July 13, 1934 – October 10, 2006) was a Canadian politician and lawyer. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1985 to 1992 who represented the downtown Toronto ridings of St. David and St. George—St. David.
This category is for those who have practiced law in Canada by representing and/or advising clients, whether private or government. Despite obtaining a law degree, a person is only a lawyer in Canada if they have been admitted to the bar governing the profession in their province.
However, in Canada, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore and the remaining Australian states and territories, the legal profession is now for practical purposes "fused", allowing lawyers to hold the title of "barrister and solicitor" and practise as both. Some legal graduates will start off as one and then also qualify as the other. [2]