Jump to content

Gregory Evans (judge)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gregory Evans
Integrity Commissioner of Ontario
In office
March 5, 2001 – September 16, 2001
Preceded byRobert C. Rutherford
Succeeded byCoulter A. A. Osborne
In office
June 29, 1988 – November 30, 1997
Succeeded byRobert C. Rutherford
Personal details
Born
Gregory Thomas Evans

(1913-06-13)June 13, 1913
McAdam, New Brunswick
DiedMay 23, 2010(2010-05-23) (aged 96)
Orillia, Ontario
NationalityCanadian
Alma materSaint Joseph's University
Osgoode Hall Law School
OccupationJudge

Gregory Thomas Evans, CM OOnt QC (June 13, 1913 – May 23, 2010) was a Canadian judge and the first Integrity Commissioner of Ontario.

Born in McAdam, New Brunswick, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Saint Joseph's University in 1934 and graduated from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1939. He was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1939 and was created a Queen's Counsel in 1953. A practising lawyer, he was appointed a Justice of the Court of Appeal for Ontario in 1965. From 1976 to 1985, he was the Chief Justice of the High Court of Ontario.

From 1962 to 1963, he served as President of the Canadian Bar Association-Ontario (now the Ontario Bar Association).

In 1988, he was appointed Integrity Commissioner of Ontario. He served until 1997 and again for a brief period in 2001.

Honours

[edit]

In 1999, he was awarded the Order of Ontario. In 2000, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada.

References

[edit]
  • "Canadian Who's Who 1997 entry". Retrieved May 7, 2006.
  • Gregory Evans' obituary