Stuart Malcolm Leggatt (November 9, 1931 – September 21, 2002) was a
Canadian politician and judge.
Born in
New Westminster,
British Columbia, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the
University of British Columbia and a law degree in 1954. He practised law in
Port Coquitlam and
Vancouver. In 1969, he was elected as an alderman in Port Coquitlam. He was elected to the
House of Commons of Canada
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for the riding of
New Westminster in the
1972 federal election. A New Democrat, he was re-elected in the
1974 election. From 1979 to 1983, he was the
NDP MLA for the
Coquitlam-Moody riding.
In 1983, he became a judge. He was appointed to the
Supreme Court of British Columbia
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in 1990.
Archives
There is a Stuart Leggatt
fonds at
Library and Archives Canada
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Archival reference number is R3293.
References
External links
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1931 births
2002 deaths
British Columbia New Democratic Party MLAs
Judges in British Columbia
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from British Columbia
New Democratic Party MPs
People from New Westminster
University of British Columbia alumni
Lawyers in British Columbia
Peter A. Allard School of Law alumni