Background
Weerdt, Mark Murray de was born on May 6, 1928 in Cologne, Germany. Son of Hendrik Eugen and Ina Dunbar (Murray) de Weerdt. arrived in Canada, 1949.
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Mark Murray de Weerdt
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Master of Arts, Glasgow (Scotland) U., 1949; Bachelor of Laws, B.C. U., 1955.
Career
Associate solicitor, Cross & O'Grady, Victoria, B.C., 1956-1957;
advisory county, Canada Department Justice, Ottawa, 1957-1958;
Crown Attorney, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, 1958-1963;
senior counsel, Canada Department Justice, Vancouver, 1976-1979;
general counsel and director, Canada Department Justice, Vancouver, 1979-1981;
senior partner, deWeerdt, Searle, Finall et al., Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, 1958-1971;
magistrate and juvenile court judge, Northwest Territories Magistrate's Court, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, 1971-1973;
general solicitor, Insurance Corporation B.C., Vancouver, 1974-1976;
justice, N.W.T and Yukon Supreme Court Justices, Yellowknife & Whitehorse, 1981-1996;
justice, Supreme Court of the B.C., 1996-1997;
justice, N.W.T and Yukon Court Justices of Appeal, 1981-1997;
justice, Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada, 1995-1997;
retired, 1997;
deputy judge, Supreme Court Northwest Territories, 1996-1997, 97-. Chairperson judicial county Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, 1981-1996. Director Canadian Judges' Conference, 1982-1989.
Alternating member Canada Judicial Council, 1985-1987, 89-91, 93-95.
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Membership
Vice-chairman Yellowknife School District #1, 1964-1968. Member Canada Bar Association, Canada Institute Administrn. Justice (life), Northwest Territories Bar Association (president 1967-1971), MacKenzie River and Northwest Territories Progressive Conservation Association (president 1959-1971).
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Married Linda Anne Alden Hadwen, March 31, 1956. Children: Simon André, Murray Hadwen, David Lockhart, Charles Dunbar.
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Canadian