Ian Malcolm MacKeigan

Background

MacKeigan, Ian Malcolm was born on April 11, 1915 in St. John, N.B., Canada. Son of John Angus and Mabel (McAvity) MacK.

Education

Bachelor of Arts with great distinction, Dalhousie U., Halifax, Nova Scoti, Canada, 1934; Master of Arts in Philosophy, Dalhousie U., Halifax, Nova Scoti, Canada, 1935; Bachelor of Laws, Dalhousie U., Halifax, Nova Scoti, Canada, 1938; honorary Doctor of Laws, Dalhousie U., Halifax, Nova Scoti, Canada, 1975; Master of Arts in Public Adminstrn, U. Toronto, 1939.

Career

Private practice, Halifax, 1939-1940, 50-73; deputy enforcement administrator, Wartime Prices and Trade Board, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 1940-1946; deputy commissioner, Combines Investigation Commission, Ottawa, 1946-1950; chief justice Nova Scoti, administrator, Government of Province Nova Scoti, 1973-1985; Supernumerary justice, Nova Scoti Court Appeal, 1985-1990. Chairman Atlantic Development Board, 1963-1969.

Achievements

• Ian Malcolm MacKeigan has been listed as a noteworthy Canadian justice by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Governor, Canada Law Scholarship Foundation since 1985. Fellow American College Trial Lawyers, Foundation Legal Research Canada. Member Canadian Bar Association (Executive Committee 1965-1971), Nova Scoti Bar Association (president 1960-1961), Phi Kappa Pi.

Connections

Married Jean C. Geddes, May 30, 1942. Children: John M., Robert G., Janet MacKeigan Ling.

Father:

John Angus MacK.

Mother:

Mabel (McAvity) MacK.

Spouse:

Jean C. Geddes

child:

Janet MacKeigan Ling MacKeigan

child:

John M. MacKeigan

child:

Robert G. MacKeigan