Background
Gale, George Alexander was born on June 24, 1906 in Quebec, Canada. Son of Robert Henry and Elma Gertrude (Read) Gale.
Gale, George Alexander was born on June 24, 1906 in Quebec, Canada. Son of Robert Henry and Elma Gertrude (Read) Gale.
Bachelor of Arts, University Toronto, 1929; graduate, Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto, 1932; honorary Doctor of Laws, McMaster U., 1968; honorary Doctor of Laws, York University, 1969; honorary Doctor of Laws, Windsor U., 1980.
Read law with firm, Donald, Mason, White and Foulds, Toronto, 1929;
partner firm, Mason, Foulds, Davidson and Gale, Toronto, 1944-1946;
justice, Supreme Court Ontario, 1946;
justice, Court of Appeal Ontario, 1963-1964;
chief justice, High Court Justice Ontario, 1964-1967;
chief justice, Ontario, 1967-1976;
chief justice of Ontario. Vice chairman Ontario Law Reform Commission, 1977-1981. Honorary lecturer Osgoode Law School.
Also faculty medicine U. Toronto. Chairman Committee Rules of Practice for Ontario, 1941-1976, Judicial Council Provincial Judges, 1968-1976. Member exec.com. Canadian Judicial Council, 1972-1976.
Former chairman Rhodes Scholarship Selection Committee. Board Governors Wycliffe College, U. Toronto, Ecumenical Foundation Canada. Past member of the Board of Governors Upper Canada College, Toronto.
Member Ontario Advisory Committee on confederation. Member Canadian Bar Association (council), Bar of Georgia (honorary), Ontario Curling Association (honorary president), Delta Kappa Epsilon (president local chapter 1932, international secretary 1932), Canada Corps Commissionaires (honorary), Phi Delta Phi.
Married Hilda Georgina Daly, December 29, 1934. Children— Robert, Peter, David.
