Background
Mingo, James William Edgar was born on November 25, 1926 in Halifax, Nova Scoti, Canada. Son of Edgar Willard and Lila Theresa (McManus) Mingo.
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James William Edgar Mingo
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Bachelor of Arts, Dalhousie U., Halifax, 1947; Bachelor of Laws, Dalhousie U., Halifax, 1949; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Dalhousie U., 1998; Master of Laws, Columbia University, 1950; honorary Doctor of Laws, St. Mary's U., 1981.
Career
Partner, Stewart, McKelvey, Stirling & Scales (and predecessors), Halifax, since 1958;
associate, Stewart, McKelvey, Stirling & Scales (and predecessors), Halifax, 1950-1957;
chairman of the executive committee, Stewart, McKelvey, Stirling & Scales (and predecessors), Halifax, 1979-1992. President, director Canning Investment Corporation Ltd., Halifax. Director Sun Life Assurance Company Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Minas Basin Pulp & Power Company Ltd., Hantsport, Nova Scoti, Minas Basin Holdings Ltd., Hantsport, The Great Eastern Corporation Ltd., Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island and Halifax, Onex Corporation, Toronto, Crossley Carpet Mills Ltd., Truro, Nova Scoti, Oxford Frozen Foods Ltd., Oxford, Nova Scoti, College of Business Administration Law for the Future Fund.
Trustee Forum for Young Canadians.
Achievements
Membership
Member Halifax-Dartmouth Port Commission, 1955-1983, chairman, 1960-1983. Chairman Halifax Grammar School, 1971-1973. Member Halifax Port Authority, 1972-1984.
Chairman national treasury committee Liberal Party Canada, 1976-1985. Director Nova Scoti Legal Aid, 1977-1980. Member Medical Research Council Working Group on Human Experimentation, 1977-1978.
Member Canada Bar Association (Executive Committee 1973-1976, special commission on legal ethics 1969-1975, 84-87), Nova Scoti Barristers Society (president 1975-1976).
Connections
Married Edith Peppard Hawkins, July 6, 1953. Children: Sarah M. (Mistress J.P. Camus), James A., Johanna E., Nancy S. (Mistress Society of Jesus (Jesuit) Overgaard-Thomsen), Charles H.
