Royal Maitland

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The Honourable
Royal Maitland
KC
Attorney General of British Columbia
In office
December 10, 1941 – March 28, 1946
Preceded byDuff Pattullo
Succeeded byGordon Sylvester Wismer
Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for Vancouver City
In office
1928–1933
Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for Vancouver-Point Grey
In office
1937–1946
15th President of the Canadian Bar Association
In office
1943–1944
Preceded byGordon Harold Aikins
Succeeded byFrançois-Philippe Brais
Personal details
Born
Royal Lethington Maitland

(1889-01-09)January 9, 1889
British Columbia Conservative Party
ProfessionLawyer

Royal Lethington "Pat" Maitland KC (January 9, 1889 – March 28, 1946) was a Canadian lawyer and politician.[1] He served as Attorney General of British Columbia in the Hart ministry. He also served as national president of the Canadian Bar Association.

Legal career

Maitland was a prominent criminal lawyer and law professor, and was active in the Canadian Bar Association. He spent part of his career (1915 to 1919) as a city prosecutor in Vancouver. He served as President of the Association from 1943 to 1944, while he was Attorney General.[2]

Political career

Maitland was first elected to the

Conservative MLA for Vancouver City in the 1928 general election. By the time of the 1933 provincial election, the Conservative government of Premier Simon Fraser Tolmie
had collapsed into rival factions. Maitland did not stand for re-election.

Maitland returned to office in the

British Columbia Conservative Party, which had split into two and collapsed in 1933 under Tolmie's leadership
.

In the

Thomas Dufferin Pattullo was reduced to a minority government and though it won the greatest number of seats actually received fewer votes than the CCF. The Liberal Party pressured Pattullo to form a coalition government
with the Conservatives in order to forestall the government's collapse and a possible CCF victory.

Pattullo refused and was replaced as Liberal leader and Premier by John Hart who was willing to form a coalition. Maitland's Conservatives joined the government, obtaining three seats in Cabinet to the Liberals' five. Maitland became Attorney General in the Hart ministry.[3]

Four years later, in the 1945 provincial election, Maitland's Conservatives contested the election jointly with the Liberals and were re-elected.

Death

Maitland died from influenza at Vancouver General Hospital on March 28, 1946, the year after his successful participation in the 1945 general election.[4]

References

  1. ^ "The Canadian Parliamentary Guide". 1939.
  2. ^ Canadian Bar Association: Past CBA Presidents Archived February 10, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Memory BC: Royal Lethington Maitland fonds.
  4. Victoria Daily Times
    . March 28, 1946. p. 1. Retrieved July 14, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
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