词条 | George Nicholas Speal |
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He was born in Kingston, the son of Greek immigrants, and was educated at Kingston Collegiate, Queen's University and Osgoode Hall Law School.[3] Speal was called to the Ontario bar in 1958. In 1974, he was named Queen's Counsel.[1] During his term as mayor, the Portsmouth Olympic Harbour was redeveloped to host sailing events for the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and the annual tradition of the Mayor's Levee at Kingston City Hall on New Year's Day was established.[2] He ran unsuccessfully for the Kingston and the Islands seat[2] in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal in 1984, losing to Flora MacDonald.[3] He died at home in Kingston in 2008.[4] References1. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.lsuc.on.ca/PDC/Archives/Diversifying-the-Bar/Diversifying-the-bar-Bios-by-Call-from-1941/ |title=Biographies of Early and Exceptional Ontario Lawyers of Diverse Communities Arranged By Year Called to the Bar, Part 2: 1941 to the Present |publisher=Law Society of Upper Canada}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Speal, George N}}{{Ontario-mayor-stub}}2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/About/Parliament/FederalRidingsHistory/hfer.asp?anguage=E&Include=Y&rid=342&Search=Det |title=Kingston and the Islands, Ontario (1966 - ) |work=History of Federal Ridings since 1867 |publisher=Library of Parliament}} 3. ^1 {{cite news |url=http://www.thewhig.com/2008/12/30/speal-always-felt-blessed |title=Speal always 'felt blessed' |newspaper=Kingston Whig-Standard |last=Elliot |first=Ian |date=December 30, 2008}} 4. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=http://qsb.ca/magazine/alumni_notes?page=26 |title=ALumni Notes |work=QSB Magazine |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140910215807/http://qsb.ca/magazine/alumni_notes?page=26 |archivedate=2014-09-10 |df= }} 5 : 1932 births|2008 deaths|Mayors of Kingston, Ontario|Canadian people of Greek descent|Canadian Queen's Counsel |
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