719:. He started as the underdog in the campaign, but impressed many delegates through his performance in candidates' debates and polling data showing him as the preferred choice of Ontario voters. During the contest, McMurtry was sometimes criticized for remaining too long in one portfolio. While his opponents all had diverse ministerial experience, McMurtry's expertise was focused more narrowly on matters of the law. His supporters included
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my deputy attorney-general, and said: 'What the hell is going on here? You've had a nurse arrested at one of the world's most famous hospitals?' " McMurtry said that local prosecutors failed to consult the ministry before consenting to the charges and that examining the case McMurtry had doubts that Nelles had exclusive access to all of the children.
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called upon to examine the deaths. McMurtry was criticized for his
Ministry's role in her wrongful prosecution. In a 2007 interview, McMurtry, looking back at the incident, said "I can remember that I had been away with my family on a school break, when I came back and saw the headlines, I brought in
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In the weeks prior to his retirement in 2007, McMurtry was widely praised as being a unifying force and consensus-builder during his tenure as Chief
Justice. "Under Chief Justice McMurtry's leadership, we pulled together and we worked hard, and the chief justice reached out to the bar and he sought
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McMurtry introduced a large number of law reform bills and was largely responsible for family law reform in
Ontario. In 1978, he took the first steps to make Ontario's legal system bilingual and to start the process of translating Ontario's statutes into French. He was a major advocate for human
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Grossman into second place on the second ballot, ahead of the more centrist Timbrell. Timbrell's delegates were divided on the last ballot, which allowed the conservative Miller to win the convention. Miller gave McMurtry the option of remaining as Attorney
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which were widely denounced as one of the most socially regressive acts in the province's history. At the time it was widely believed that the raids were approved by McMurtry. In a 2007 interview, however, McMurtry said that this was not the case. "The irony of the whole thing was that I had
927:"I don't want to paint him as the Next Coming, but he has been a great uniter," said Clifford Lax, a veteran Toronto civil litigator. "He is a really very nice person who is able to find common ground. In a quiet, unassuming way, he has won a lot of converts to what he has done."
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expressed my concern to the chief of police; that it really looked like we were dissolving into a police state. The whole thing looked terrible. Without a doubt, that was one of my most frustrating experiences," said McMurtry.
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McMurtry won a total of 300 votes on the first ballot, considerably more than had been expected. It was not sufficient, however, to place better than fourth in a field of four, after
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501:, working through the day on construction projects and teaching at night. He was a trial lawyer for seventeen years before entering politics. He also wrote a weekly column in the
1084:"for his distinguished career of public service, notably as chief justice of Ontario, and for his extensive volunteer involvement in many social and multicultural initiatives".
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in a speech. "Thanks to his courage, leadership and vision, we now have an appeal process that is capable of delivering quality justice in a timely and efficient manner."
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government from 2006 to 2015, claiming it suffered from a lack of compassion, as well as for causing more division in
Canadian politics. McMurtry supported
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What Roy McMurtry can teach us about never giving up; Steve Paikin, TVO, March 16, 2020.
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1288:"The Honourable R. Roy McMurtry"
1087:In 2013, McMurtry was given the
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2667:Members of the Order of Ontario
625:, he largely deferred to Mayor
572:Legislative Assembly of Ontario
417:Legislative Assembly of Ontario
16:Canadian politician (1932–2024)
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1371:. July 1, 2009. Archived from
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1061:from 1978 to 1982 and MPP for
847:On February 4, 1985, Canadian
655:Charter of Rights and Freedoms
578:, defeating Liberal candidate
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957:Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
515:In the 1960s, he worked with
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1421:The Agenda with Steve Paikin
1223:Kirk Makin (April 4, 2007).
704:1981 Toronto bathhouse raids
598:McMurtry as Attorney General
554:Allan Lawrence resigned his
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2702:Upper Canada College alumni
2601:Jim Lawson (2017) (interim)
2131:Attorney General of Ontario
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653:and the creation of the
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1150:"The Hon. Roy McMurtry"
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1410:McMurtry Art Exhibit
1000:, placing second to
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1990:Harry Craig Parrott
1940:Charles MacNaughton
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1065:from 1977 to 1985.
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604:minority government
392:Roland Roy McMurtry
277:Roland Roy McMurtry
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2020:Margaret Scrivener
1975:Robert C. Mitchell
1820:Richard B. Beckett
1769:Premier of Ontario
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