A list of notable alumni and staff affiliated with

Shawnigan Lake School Shawnigan Lake School is a co-educational independent boarding school located on Vancouver Island in Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia, Canada. It was founded by Englishman Christopher Windley "C. W." Lonsdale in 1916, and was partly modelled afte ...

, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. This list alumni known within fields including

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, businesspeople,

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s, actors, politicians, scholars, and scientists.

Notable alumni

Artists

Peter Saul Peter Saul (born August 16, 1934) is an American painter. His work has connections with Pop Art, Surrealism, and Expressionism. His early use of pop culture cartoon references in the late 1950s and very early 1960s situates him as one of the fa ...

– Artist *

Robert Stewart Hyndman Robert Stewart Hyndman (June 28, 1915 – November 29, 2009) was a distinguished Canadian portrait and landscape artist based in the National Capital Region. His career spanned more than 70 years. Early life Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada ...

– Artist

Athletes

George Hungerford George William Hungerford, (born January 2, 1944) is a Canadian lawyer and retired rower. He won the only gold medal for Canada at the 1964 Summer Olympics, in coxless pairs with Roger Jackson. The same year they were awarded the Lou Marsh Trop ...

– Gold Medal Olympian – Rowing * John Lecky – Silver Medal Olympian – Rowing *

Hannah Darling Hannah Darling may refer to: * Hannah Darling (rugby union) * Hannah Darling (golfer) Hannah Darling (born July 2003) is a Scottish amateur golfer. She played in the Curtis Cup in 2021 and 2022. Since 2021, she has attended the University of Sou ...

– Rio 2016 Olympic Bronze Medal, 2015 Pan American Games Gold Medal, Women's Rugby 7's Team Canada *

Kristopher McDaniel Kristopher "Kip" McDaniel (born January 27, 1982, in Cobble Hill, British Columbia) is a Canadian rower. McDaniel attended high school at Shawnigan Lake School on Vancouver Island. After high school he went on to get a Bachelor of Arts de ...

'00 (Canadian National Rowing Team - Bronze Medal in the M2+ at the 2007 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS - MUNICH, GER) * Bryan Donnelly '92 (Canadian National Rowing Team - 2000 OLYMPIC GAMES - SYDNEY, AUS) *

'62 (Canadian National Rowing Team - Gold Medal in the M2- at the 1964 OLYMPIC GAMES - TOKYO, JPN) * John Lecky '57 (Canadian National Rowing Team - Silver Medal in the M8+ at the 1960 OLYMPIC GAMES - ROME, ITA) * John Lander (rower) - 1928 Olympic Gold Medalist, coxless four

Entertainment

* Jon Kimura Parker – Order of Canada, Concert Pianist *

Tara Spencer-Nairn Tara Spencer-Nairn (born January 6, 1978) is a Canadian actress best known for her work on the television series ''Corner Gas''. Early life Spencer-Nairn was born on January 6, 1978 in Montreal, Quebec, but raised in Vancouver, British Columbia. ...

– Actress, Corner Gas

Politics

* The Hon.

Henry Pybus Bell-Irving Henry Pybus "Budge" Bell-Irving, (January 21, 1913 – September 21, 2002) was the 23rd Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia from 1978 to 1983. Born in Vancouver, he was educated at Shawnigan Lake School on Vancouver Island and Loretto ...

– Lt. Governor of British Columbia *

Peter Ladner Peter Ladner (born February 12, 1949) is a former Vancouver city councillor, Metro Vancouver vice-chair and business owner. Ladner has more than 40 years of journalistic experience in print, radio and television; is the author of ''The Urban Foo ...

– Vancouver City Councillor
* Stephen Owen (politician), Stephen D. Owen – Former Member of Parliament *

Anthony Vincent Anthony Vincent (1939–1999) was the Canadian ambassador to Peru. He was a key player in the Japanese embassy hostage crisis of 1996, in Peru. He later served as ambassador to Spain. He is the subject of the 2008 book ''The Ambassador's Word: Hos ...

- Canadian ambassador to Peru and later, to Spain

Scholars and scientists

Graham Anderson Graham Leslie Anderson, (April 8, 1929 – November 18, 2012) was a British-born Canadian heraldic scholar and officer of arms. Anderson was formerly a student of Shawnigan Lake School and he began teaching at the School in 1957. He was the long ...

– Scholar * Dr.

Barry F. Cooper Fraser Barry Cooper (born 1943) is a Canadian political scientist at the University of Calgary. Before coming to Calgary, he taught at Bishop's University (1968–1970), McGill University, and York University (1970–1981). The winner of a Killam ...

– Canadian Political Scientist * Dr.

Steve Deering Stephen Deering is a former Fellow at Cisco Systems, where he worked on the development and standardization of architectural enhancements to the Internet Protocol. Prior to joining Cisco in 1996, he spent six years at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Ce ...

– Computer Scientist * Dr. Roger Stanier – Microbiologist

Notable staff

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Tom Brierley Thomas Leslie Brierley (15 June 1910 – 7 January 1989) was an English and Canadian cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper. A curiosity of his county career is that his highest career score (116) was scored twice, one pla ...

– Cricketer * James Robertson Justice – Actor

References

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