Ted McWhinney
| Ted McWhinney | |
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| Member of Parliament for Vancouver Quadra | |
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In office 1993–2000 |
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| Preceded by | John Turner |
| Succeeded by | Stephen Owen |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Edward Watson McWhinney May 19, 1924 Lismore, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | May 19, 2015 (aged 91) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Political party | Liberal Party of Canada |
Edward Watson "Ted" McWhinney, QC (May 19, 1924 – May 19, 2015) was a Canadian lawyer and academic specializing in constitutional and international law. He was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament from 1993 to 2000 for the electoral district of Vancouver Quadra.
Born in Lismore, New South Wales, Australia, McWhinney, received his secondary education at North Sydney Boys High School, which he followed by study at the University of Sydney, becoming President of the Sydney University Liberal Club and Student Representative Council. McWhinney is a professor emeritus at Simon Fraser University and an expert on the Canadian Constitution who is often called upon to advise the Canadian government. He has reportedly advised successive Canadian prime ministers since John George Diefenbaker, as well as several governors general.
He has held professorships at Yale, the Sorbonne, Toronto, McGill, Indiana, the Collège de France, and at the Meiji University in Tokyo. He has been a legal consultant to the United Nations; constitutional adviser to the Premier of Ontario and to the Premier of Quebec; chief adviser to the Canadian government's Task Force on National Unity (the Pepin-Robarts Commission); Royal Commissioner of Enquiry to the Government of Quebec; Special Commissioner of Enquiry for the Government of British Columbia; special adviser to the Canadian delegation to the United Nations General Assembly, as well as constitutional and international law adviser to a number of foreign governments.
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