Background
Leal, Herbert Allan Borden was born on June 15, 1917 in Beloeil, Quebec, Canada. Son of Frederick William and Marie Ange (Ranger) Leal.
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Leal, Herbert Allan Borden was born on June 15, 1917 in Beloeil, Quebec, Canada. Son of Frederick William and Marie Ange (Ranger) Leal.
Bachelor in History with honors, McMaster University, 1940. Bachelor of Laws, Osgoode Hall Law School, 1948. Master of Laws, Harvard University, 1957.
Read law with, Frank Erichsen-Brown, Toronto, 1945-1948;member firm, Erichsen-Brown & Leal, Toronto, 1948-1950;lecturer, Osgoode Hall Law School, 1950-1956;vice dean, professor, Osgoode Hall Law School, 1956-1958;dean, professor, Osgoode Hall Law School, 1958-1966;deputy attorney general, Ontario, 1977-1981;chancellor, McMaster U., Hamilton, Ontario, 1977-1986. Chairman Ontario Law Reform Commission, 1966-1977, vice chairman, 1981-1989. Special lecturer Law Society Upper Canada, 1951, 57, 60, 66, 77, Faculty of Law, U. Toronto, 1972-1977.
Member of council Medico-Legal Society Toronto, 1960, 1st vice president,1968, president, 1969.
Member executive committee Toronto branch Canada Red Cross Society, 1959-1964. Co-chairman special committee Association American Law Schools, Association Canada Law Teachers Canada-American Cooperative, 1962-1966. Commissioner Ontario Uniform Law Conference Canada, 1963-1986, president, 1977-1978.
Member advisory committee Canada Civil Liberties Association Ontario, 1965-1966. Member faculty Canada Judicial Conference, 1969-1973, director, 1969-1970. Member Canada delegate Hague Conference on Private International Law, 1968, 72, 76, chief of delegate, 1980.
Chief Canada delegate International Diplomatic Conference on Wills, Washington, 1973. Chairman special committee uniform law Conference International Conventions Private International Law, 1971-1981. With Royan Canada Artillery, 1943-1945.
Reeve Village of Tweed, 1991-1994. Member Law Society Upper Canada (medal 1987), Toronto Artillery Officers Association, Association Canada Law Teachers (president 1959-1960), African Students Foundation (board directors). Clubs: Masons.
Married Muriel Isobel, March 21, 1942. Children: Kathleen Mary Leal Clark, Allan Ross, James Frederick.