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William (Bill) McIntyre, C.C., Q.C., BA’39, LLB’46

Bill McIntyre has come a long way from his summers spent driving an oil truck to pay his tuition. After graduation, he joined the army and served both in Canada and overseas. On his return to Canada, he was called to the Bar of Saskatchewan in 1947, and then moved to Victoria, where he was called to the BC Bar the same year. After practising law for 20 years, he was eventually appointed to the BC Supreme Court and later to the BC Court of Appeal in 1975. In 1980, he was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada where he served until his retirement in 1990.