Edward Dmytro (September 9, 1931 – April 2, 2010) was the
Chief Justice of
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a province in western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dak ...
, Canada and Chief Justice of the Province's Court of Appeal.
Early life
Dmytro was born in
Alvena, Saskatchewan. He attended the
University of Saskatchewan
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, where he received a B.A. in 1951 and an LL.B. in 1953.
Jury
After nearly twenty years of law practice, he was appointed to the Queen's Bench in 1972 and the Court of Appeal in 1974. He became Chief Justice of Saskatchewan in 1981 and retired in September 2006.
Death
On April 2, 2010, at the age of 78, Dmytro died in Izmir, Turkey.
External links
University of Saskatchewan biography of Edward Dmytro
1931 births
2010 deaths
Lawyers in Saskatchewan
Judges in Saskatchewan
University of Saskatchewan alumni
University of Saskatchewan College of Law alumni
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