Andrew Petter
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Andrew Petter QC |
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| President and Vice-Chancellor of Simon Fraser University | |
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Assumed office 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Michael Stevenson |
| Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Saanich South |
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In office October 17, 1991 – May 16, 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Riding Established |
| Succeeded by | Susan Brice |
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| Born | 1953 Oak Bay, British Columbia |
| Political party | New Democrat |
| Children | Dylan |
| Alma mater |
Notre Dame University College University of Victoria Cambridge University |
| Profession |
Professor Lawyer |
| Website | President's Biography |
Andrew J. Petter, Q.C., (born 1953) is President and Vice-Chancellor of Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Canada and a former provincial politician. He was the Dean of the University of Victoria law school, and served briefly as Attorney General of British Columbia under the New Democratic Party government of Ujjal Dosanjh. Petter has written extensively about the role of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and its effect on government powers and decision making.
Petter pursued undergraduate studies at Notre Dame University College in Nelson, BC and at the University of Victoria before receiving an LL.B. from the University of Victoria in 1981. Upon graduation he won the Law Society of British Columbia gold medal for the highest standing in his class. He subsequently received an LL.M. from Cambridge University in 1982 where he studied on a Commonwealth Scholarship and graduated with first class honours.
Petter was a legal adviser to the Constitutional Branch of the Saskatchewan Department of Justice. Petter then taught at Osgoode Hall Law School between 1984 and 1986. He then joined the University of Victoria Faculty of Law in 1986.
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