Background
Born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of Eric George Bryant Le Dain and Antoinette Louise Whithard, he served during World World War II as an artilleryman.
Born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of Eric George Bryant Le Dain and Antoinette Louise Whithard, he served during World World War II as an artilleryman.
McGill University.
He received a B.C.L from McGill University and was called to the Quebec Bar in 1949. Gerald Le Dain practised law with Walker, Martineau, Chauvin, Walker & Allison from 1950 to 1953. He received a doctorate from the University of Lyon in 1950.
He taught law at McGill University from 1953 to 1959 and again from 1966 to 1967.
He also worked in the Legal Department for the Canadian International Paper Company (1959-1961). He was dean of Osgoode Hall Law School from 1967 to 1972.
From 1969 to 1973, he was the chairman of the Commission of Inquiry into the Non-Medical Use of Drugs (also known as the Le Dain Commission), which recommended that cannabis be removed from the narcotic control act and be regulated provincially. In 1975, he was appointed to the Federal Court of Appeal and the Court Martial Appeal Court.
His memorial service was held on December 28, 2007 at Christ Church Cathedral in Ottawa.