Stuart Malcolm Leggatt (November 9, 1931 – September 21, 2002) was a Canadian politician and judge.

Early life and education

Leggatt was born November 9, 1931 in

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. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the

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and a law degree in 1954. He began practising law in 1956 and law in

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and

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, a practise he continued for 16 years. In 1956, Leggatt married Marlene Duerksen, with whom he had three children.

Political career

In 1960, Leggatt was elected as a school board trustee in Port Coquitlam. He held the role for nine years, including two as chairman. Leggatt ran as the B.C. NDP candidate in the riding of Dewdney in the 1969 provincial election but was defeated by George Mussallem. That same year, he was elected as an alderman in Port Coquitlam. Leggatt was elected to the

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for the riding of

in the 1972 federal election as a member of the

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. He was re-elected in the 1974 election, one of only two NDP candidates elected in B.C. He did not run for re-election in the 1979 election. Leggatt switched to provincial politics and, in the 1979 B.C. election, he was elected as the

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for the riding of Coquitlam-Moody.

Post-political career

In 1983, Leggatt left politics to become a county judge. He had been offered a position on the

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in 1979, but had turned it down. He was appointed to the B.C. Supreme Court in 1990. He retired from the bench in May 2000. Leggatt died September 21, 2002, from complications following a stroke.

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Early life and education

Political career

Post-political career

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