Alan B. Gold
Alan B. Gold Quebec Superior Court | |
|---|---|
| In office 1983–1992 | |
| Preceded by | Jules Deschênes |
| Succeeded by | Lawrence Poitras |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Alan Bernard Gold July 21, 1917 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | May 15, 2005 (aged 87) |
| Spouse | Lynn Gold |
| Children | |
Alan Bernard Gold Quebec Superior Court from 1983 to 1992.
Born in
longshoremen at the Port of Montreal in 1968. In 1970, he was named chief judge of the Provincial Court of Quebec, now known as the Court of Quebec
.
In 1990, he negotiated a settlement between the
Nationair, bringing the 16-month-long Lockout
of its Flight Attendants to an end.
In 1993, after he had retired from the bench, he joined
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, a Montréal law firm. He represented the government of Saskatchewan in negotiating a settlement in the wrongful conviction of David Milgaard. He reviewed the out-of-court settlement between former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and the federal government in Mulroney's anti-defamation suit in the alleged Airbus affair
.
He served as chair of the board of Governors of
Concordia University and Associate Governor at the Université de Montréal. He served as Chairman of the Bar of Montreal's committee on access to justice in the English language
in the judicial district of Montreal whose Report was submitted on March 31, 1995.
Gold was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1995 and was named a member of the Académie des Grands Montréalais in 1997. In 1985, he was made an Officer of the National Order of Quebec.
He died in 2005 at the age of 87. His son, Marc Gold, was appointed to the Senate of Canada in 2016.
