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Roy McMurtry, former Ontario attorney general and legal giant, dies

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McMurtry, a longtime lawyer, became the province's attorney general in 1975 under Progressive Conservative premier Bill Davis.

McMurtry, a trial lawyer for 15 years, won his Eglinton riding in Toronto in 1975 and was immediately appointed attorney general under Progressive Conservative premier Bill Davis.

“Former Chief Justice McMurtry was a giant whose vision and brilliance helped shape the province and country we live in today,” the Appeal Court wrote in a statement. Canada took control of its own constitution from Britain in 1982, but it wasn’t easy for then-prime minister Pierre Trudeau to convince all the provinces to get on board after a lengthy legal battle in numerous courts.

McMurtry was also one of the judges of the Appeal Court who upheld a lower-court ruling that found the common-law definition of marriage was against the Charter.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

 

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