Arthur Edward Martin Maloney QC (26 November 1919 – 20 September 1984) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the

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and first

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from 1975 to 1979. Maloney was born in

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. He became a noted defence lawyer following his 1943 graduation from

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. In 1952 he unsuccessfully defended notorious bank robbers of The Boyd Gang. He was the son of Martin James Maloney, another Member of Parliament. He was first elected at the Parkdale riding in the 1957 general election and re-elected for a second term in Parliament in the 1958 election. From August 1957 to February 1958 he was Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Labour. He was a principal author of the 1960

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. Maloney was defeated by Stanley Haidasz of the

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in the 1962 election. Several years of poor health began in 1979 when Maloney incurred a stroke, ending with a cancer diagnosis. In 1984, Maloney died at his residence in Rockwood, Ontario from that cancer. His funeral at Toronto's St. Michael's Cathedral was officiated by Gerald Emmett Cardinal Carter and politician-turned-priest Sean O'Sullivan. Various political colleagues such as

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and

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attended the funeral.

Family

Arthur has two brothers

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and James Anthony Maloney.

Books on Maloney's life

* ''Advocacy in court: A tribute to Arthur Maloney, Q.C.'', 1986, * ''The Life And Times of Arthur Maloney: The Last of the Tribunes'', Charles Pullen, 1994, The Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History. Last accessed 26 July 2009.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Maloney, Arthur Edward Martin 1919 births 1984 deaths Ombudsmen in Canada Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs Lawyers in Ontario 20th-century Canadian lawyers