Summary
Ronald Stuart Veale OY is a Canadian jurist and former politician, who represented the electoral district of Riverdale South in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1981 to 1982. He was a member of the Yukon Liberal Party, and the party's leader from 1981 to 1984.
Ron Veale | |
|---|---|
| MLA for Riverdale South | |
| In office 1981–1982 | |
| Preceded by | Iain MacKay |
| Succeeded by | Bea Firth |
| Leader of the Yukon Liberal Party | |
| In office 1981–1984 | |
| Preceded by | Iain MacKay |
| Succeeded by | Roger Coles |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1945 (age 78–79)[1] Ontario |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Occupation | lawyer and Judge |
Veale assumed the leadership of the Yukon Liberal Party in 1981 after the resignation of Iain MacKay, also running in and winning a by-election on March 9, 1981, to succeed MacKay as MLA for Riverdale South.[2] Under his leadership, however, the party was entirely shut out of the legislature in the 1982 election.[3] Veale resigned the party leadership in 1984, and was succeeded by Roger Coles.
He subsequently returned to his law practice. He was later appointed to the Supreme Court of Yukon, of which he was the Chief Justice until his retirement in July 2020.[4][5] Veale was appointed to the Order of Yukon in December 2020.[6]
References edit
- ^ Yukon Legislature Speaks: Ron Veale. Yukon Archives.
- ^ "Byelections". CPA Activities: The Canadian Scene, Vol. 4, No. 2.
- ^ "Northerners wary of plan to impose bilingualism". The Gazette, March 24, 1984.
- ^ "‘We now have a clear direction from the Supreme Court’". Whitehorse Star, September 19, 2013.
- ^ CBC News (audio): "New and retiring chief justice of Yukon Supreme Court reflect on the role"
- ^ "Meet this year's inductees to the Order of Yukon". CBC News. December 3, 2020.