Alex Biega (lawyer)

For the Canadian ice hockey player, see Alex Biega (ice hockey).

Alexander Biega QC was a Canadian lawyer and author. He was the President of the Ukrainian Canadian Centennial Commission – Quebec,[1] and author of The Ukrainian Experience in Quebec (Toronto, Basilian Press, 1994).

Background

He was the son of Peter Biega, a Ukrainian emigrant who settled in Canada.[2] Biega was called to the Bar of Quebec in 1949[3] and practiced as a criminal defence lawyer in Montreal, Quebec.[4][5][6]

His book, The Ukrainian Experience in Quebec (co-written with Myroslaw Diakowsky), was published by Basilian Press, in both French and English, in 1994.[7][8][9][10]

Biega died in September 2004 at the age of 82.[11]

References

  1. ↑ Roman Golash. "Ukrainian Experience in Quebec(Introduction)". Ukemonde.com. Retrieved 2011-10-13.
  2. ↑ Biega Family Pages
  3. ↑ "> Alexander Biega". LawTok. Retrieved 2011-10-13.
  4. ↑ The Montreal Gazette - Jan 17, 1951 – Page 15
  5. ↑ The Montreal Gazette - Feb 19, 1969 – Page 3
  6. ↑ The Montreal Gazette - Dec 12, 1975 – Page 31
  7. ↑ WorldCat
  8. ↑ http://umanitoba.ca/centres/ukrainian_canadian/ucco/Prolegomena.pdf
  9. ↑ Multicultural Canada
  10. ↑ "In My Charge". Ukrhistory.tripod.com. Retrieved 2011-10-13.
  11. ↑ http://obits.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/obit.cgi

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