Hon. Edmund Davie FULTON

FULTON, Hon. Edmund Davie, P.C., O.C., Q.C., LL.D.; b. Kamloops, B.C. 1916; e. St. Michael's Sch., Victoria, B.C.; Kamloops High Sch.; Univ. of Brit. Columbia, B.A.; St. John's Coll., Oxford, 1937-39 (el. Rhodes Scholar 1937) B.A.; LL.D. Ottawa and Queen's; cr. Q.C. 1957; 1st el. to H. for Kamloops, g.e. 1945; re-el. g.e. 1949, 1953, 1957, 1958, 1962, 1965; Sworn to the Privy Council 1957; Min. of Justice and Atty.-Gen. of Canada 21 June 1957 to 9 Aug. 1962 when appt. Min. of Public Works; Chrmn., Cdn. del. which negotiated Columbia River Treaty with U.S. 1959-61; mem. of Senate, Univ. of B.C. 1948-57 and 1969-75; first Chrmn. The Law Reform Comn. of B.C. 1969-73; practised law in Kamloops, B.C. 1945-68 and Vancouver, B.C. 1968-73; apptd. Judge, Supreme Court of B.C. 1973, resigned 1981; resumed practice of law as Associate Counsel, Swinton & Co., Vancouver 1982-89; apptd. Comnr., Cdn. Section, Internat. Joint Comn., Ottawa and Washington, D.C. 1986; re-apptd. and el. Chrmn., Cdn. Sec. 1989-92; served in 2nd World War with Canadian Army overseas as Platoon and Company Commdr. with Seaforth Highlanders of Can., and as D.A.A.G. 1st Cdn. Inf. Div., 1940-45 incl. both the Italian and N.W. Europe compaigns; Mentioned in Despatches; trans. to R.O. With rank of Maj. 1945; apptd. Hon. Col. 419 Tactical Fighter (Training) Squadron, R.C.A.F., (The Moose Squadron) 1st June 1993; Dir. Western Recovery Foundation, Vancouver; Physical Med. Rsch. Found., Vancouver; mem., Cdn. Bar Assoc.; Law Soc. of B.C. (ret'd); Hon. Mem., Fellows of the Am. Bar Found.; Freeman, City of Kamloops, B.C. (apptd. 1969); Officer, Order of Canada 1992; R. Catholic; Clubs: Vancouver; Shaughnessy Golf & Country; Home: Vancouver, B.C.