Raymond Barakett

Last updated

Raymond Barakett was a Canadian lawyer and arbitrator. [1]

Barakett graduated from McGill University with a BA (1955) and a BCL (1958). [2] During his studies at the McGill Faculty of Law, he served as Editor-in-Chief of the McGill Law Journal . [3] In the 1960s, Barakett served as Chairman of the Board for Canada Steamship Lines [4] and as an active member of the Liberal Party of Canada. [5] He attempted to become the Liberal nominee for Parliament in 1968, losing the position to William Tetley. [6] In 1978, Barakett represented Warren Allmand in a scandal involved the Royal Canadian Mounted Police when he was the Federal Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs. [7] [8]

Barakett died in Lachine on September 7, 2019 at the age of 86. [9]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">McGill University Faculty of Law</span> Canadian law school in Montreal, Quebec

The Faculty of Law is one of the professional graduate schools of McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is the oldest law school in Canada, and continually ranks among the best law schools in the world. The faculty is known for its holistic approach though highly selective and competitive process for admission. Only 180 candidates are admitted for any given academic year. For the year 2021 class, the acceptance rate was 10%. McGill Faculty of Law has consistently ranked as the top law school for civil law, a top law school for common law, the most number of Supreme Court clerkships of any law school in Canada, and consistently outranks Europe, Asia, and Latin America's top civil law schools.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Don Johnston</span> Canadian economist, lawyer and politician (1936–2022)

Donald James Johnston, was a Canadian lawyer, writer and politician who was Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) from 1996 to 2006. He was the first non-European to head that organization. From 1978 to 1988, Johnston was a Liberal Party member of the Canadian parliament and served in the cabinets of prime ministers Pierre Trudeau and John Turner. In addition, he was the president of the Liberal Party of Canada from 1990 to 1994. Johnston was an Officer of the Order of Canada, and an Officer of the French National Order of the Legion of Honour.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Warren Allmand</span> Canadian Liberal Party Member of Parliament and Cabinet member

William Warren Allmand was a Canadian politician who served as a Member of Parliament in the Parliament of Canada from 1965 to 1997. A member of the Liberal Party, he represented the Montreal riding of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce and served in the cabinet of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau from 1972 to 1979. As Solicitor General, Allmand introduced legislation that successfully abolished the death penalty in Canada in 1976.

Maurice Vellacott is a former Canadian politician. He served in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2015 as Member of Parliament (MP) for Saskatoon, Saskatchewan variously as a member of the Reform Party, the Canadian Alliance, and the Conservative Party. Vellacott was known as an outspoken social conservative, particularly in opposing same-sex marriage and abortion rights.

The Governor General's Award for English-language fiction is a Canadian literary award that annually recognizes one Canadian writer for a fiction book written in English. It is one of fourteen Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit, seven each for creators of English- and French-language books. The awards was created by the Canadian Authors Association in partnership with Lord Tweedsmuir in 1936. In 1959, the award became part of the Governor General's Awards program at the Canada Council for the Arts in 1959. The age requirement is 18 and up.

Jeremy Harrison is a Canadian provincial politician who is currently a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, representing the riding of Meadow Lake. Harrison is also the former Canadian Member of Parliament for the riding of Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River, a riding that encompasses the northern half of the province of Saskatchewan.

The Liberal Party of Canada ran a full slate of candidates in the 2000 federal election, and won a majority government by winning 172 out of 308 seats. Many of the party's candidates have their own biography pages; information about others may be found here.

The Natural Law Party of Canada ran several candidates in the 1997 federal election, none of whom were elected.

Michael Goldbloom is a Canadian lawyer, publisher, and academic administrator. He is the former publisher of the Toronto Star, Canada's largest newspaper by circulation.

William Tetley was a lawyer and professor of law at McGill University in Montreal, the visiting professor of Maritime and Commercial Law at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, and a former member of the National Assembly of Quebec and Cabinet Minister.

<i>Montreal Gazette</i> English-language newspaper in Montreal, Canada

The Montreal Gazette, formerly titled The Gazette, is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Three other daily English-language newspapers shuttered at various times during the second half of the 20th century. It is one of the French-speaking province's last two English-language dailies; the other is the Sherbrooke Record, which serves the anglophone community in Sherbrooke and the Eastern Townships southeast of Montreal.

Bramalea Satellites was a member of the Ontario Rugby Football Union, a senior league that preceded the Canadian Football League. When the ORFU ceased, it transferred over to the Northern Football Conference for the 1973 and 1974 seasons, and the Ontario junior level after that.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Yorkton Film Festival</span> Film festival

Yorkton Film Festival (YFF) is an annual film festival held in late May in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Eldon Pattyson (Pat) Black was a Canadian diplomat.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roy William Blake</span>

Roy William Blake was a Canadian diplomat. Born near London, Ontario, Blake was a graduate of the University of Saskatchewan. During World War II Blake served as a captain in the Saskatoon Light Infantry. While serving in Italy he suffered an injury which permanently crippled him.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Michael Applebaum</span> Canadian former politician

Michael Mark Applebaum is a Canadian former politician who served as interim Mayor of Montreal between his appointment by the city council on November 16, 2012, and his resignation on June 18, 2013. He was the first anglophone to hold the post in over a century.

Note: Before 1938, the leaders of the Quebec Liberal Party were chosen by the party caucus.

Clarence Stork was an English-born farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Shaunavon from 1934 to 1938 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Farmer-Labour Group member.

Stephen Allan Scott is a Canadian law professor at McGill University.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">David Lametti</span> Canadian politician

David T. Lametti is a Canadian politician who has been the minister of justice and attorney general of Canada since 2019. A member of the Liberal Party, Lametti sits as a member of Parliament (MP) and has represented LaSalle—Émard—Verdun in the House of Commons since 2015.

References

  1. ↑ "Fired announcer gets job back". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. April 29, 1981. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
  2. ↑ "The Day NDG Chose". Montreal Gazette . May 23, 1968. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Masthead, Volume 4". McGill Law Journal . 1958.
  4. ↑ "Three Board Reports Differ". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. December 16, 1964. p. D8. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Unemployment Key Issue in NDG-Liberal Poll". Montreal Gazette . June 7, 1962. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Tetley wins NDG Liberal post". Montreal Gazette . October 24, 1968. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Higgits tells commission he was wrong about source of letter". Leader-Post . October 27, 1978. p. 55.
  8. ↑ "Allmand ready for inquiry". Ottawa Citizen . November 29, 1977. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Montreal Gazette Obituaries: Raymond BARAKETT". Montreal Gazette . October 5, 2019. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.