Allen B. Sulatycky, (born June 13, 1938), is a Canadian judge and former politician.

Biography

He was born at

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, and educated at Hafford and the

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(B.A., LL.B 1962). Sulatycky was called to the Alberta bar in 1963. He practiced law in

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and

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from 1963 to 1969. He was an unsuccessful

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candidate in the November 6, 1967, by-election in

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. He was elected to the House of Commons for

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defeating

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in the 1968 federal election as a

candidate. Sulatycky was parliamentary secretary to John James Greene, Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources, 1971, then Parliamentary Secretary to

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, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, 1972. He was defeated in the October 30, 1972 General Election by

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. He practiced law at Edmonton and

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, from 1973 to 1982. On November 4, 1982, he was appointed Justice of the

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. Sulatycky was elevated to the

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on July 7, 1997. He was named Associate Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta on December 12, 2000. On December 12, 2004, he was elected to sit as a supernumerary judge and retired as Associate Chief Justice. He is married to the former Marylin Joyce Perkins, with four children: Warren, Robert, Annemarie and Donald.

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Entry from Canadian Who's Who
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