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Elmer A. Driedger fonds [textual record, graphic material]

Niveau hiérarchique :

Fonds

Date :

1595, 1700-1986.

Référence :

R4358-0-7-E, MG31-E39

Genre de documents :

Documents textuels, Documents photographiques

Trouvé dans :

Archives / Collections et fonds

No d'identification :

106676

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Elmer A. Driedger fonds
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Fonds comprend :

9 description(s) de niveau inférieur
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Date(s) :

1595, 1700-1986.

Lieu de création :

Canada

Pays de publication additionel :

Allemagne

Étendue :

7.012 m of textual records.
7 photographs : b&w and col. prints.

Langue du document :

anglais

Langue du document additionnelle :

anglais, français, allemand

Portée et contenu :

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Fonds consists of records related to E.A. Driedger's career with the Department of Justice, the Faculty of Law of the University of Ottawa and as an author of publications on papers on legislation, legislative drafting and constitutional law. Documents relating to his posting as Consul General are also found in the fonds. The fonds is divided into nine series: manuscripts; articles, essays and speeches; Department of Justice; Constitution; Consul General; University of Ottawa - Legislative training programme; appointment books; correspondence; and personal records. The main topics include: constitutional law, law and legislation, legislative drafting, Canadian federalism and statutes.

The fonds also contains three photographic portraits of Elmer Driedger during his appointment with the Federal Government, 1960-[1980].

Provenance :

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Driedger, Elmer A., 1913-1985

Nom(s) additionnel(s) :

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Canada. Parliament

Biographie/Histoire administrative :

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Driedger, Elmer A., 1913-1985 : Elmer A. Driedger was a lawyer and a public servant. He was born in Osler, Saskatchewan on 14 January, 1913. He remained in Osler during his years in public school, but later attended high school in Rosthern, Saskatchewan. From 1929 to 1934 he attended the University of Saskatchewan where he received his B.A. in 1932 and his LLB. in 1934. He went on to do post graduate studies in Europe at Marburg University, 1934 and at Kiel University, 1935.

Driedger was called to the Bar of Saskatchewan on 1 March 1937. In 1939 he practised law with Ferguson, MacDermid and MacDermid of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and in 1940 with his own firm Graham and Driedger, of Yorkton, Saskatchewan. Driedger lectured in Company Law at the University of Saskatchewan in 1939 and in Legislation and Administrative Law at the University of Ottawa from 1957 to 1959. In 1963 he was awarded honorary Doctor of Laws by the University of Ottawa.

In 1940 Driedger joined the federal Department of Justice and was appointed Librarian, Supreme Court of Canada. He was appointed King's Counsel 6 July 1949. In 1954 he became Assistant Deputy Minister of Justice and then went on to become Deputy Minister of Justice and Deputy Attorney General of Canada on 1 July 1960. In March 1967 he was appointed Consul General of Canada, Hamburg, West Germany.

Driedger joined the Faculty of Law at Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario in August 1969. He later joined the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa in July 1970 to direct and teach a Master's programme in legislation and legislative drafting. He retired from teaching in 1979, but continued to play an advisory role and taught a course in legislative drafting for the Department of Justice. He also continued to advise students on their theses.

Driedger participated in the Conference of Commissioners on the Uniformity of Legislation, 1947 to 1967; the National Council on the Administration of Justice, 1958 to 1967; and the Statutes Revision Commissions of 1948 to 1952 and 1965 to 1967. His memberships included the Law Society of Upper Canada, the Law Society of Saskatchewan and the Canadian Bar Association. He has published four texts on legislation The Construction of Legislation; The Composition of Legislation; Legislative Forms and Precedents;; and The Composition of Legislation - Legislative Forms and Precedents, as well as many articles on constitutional law, legislation, fundamental rights and related topics. In 1960 Driedger was awarded the Professional Institute of Public Service Gold Medal. He died on the 21 September 1985 in Ottawa.

Instrument de recherche :

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Textual records (Électronique) The finding aid is a file list of volumes 1 to 48. MSS1437 (90: Ouvert)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000000228.pdf

Information additionnelle :

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Note générale :

The majority of the records were received in 1980 from Mr. E.A. Driedger, and in 1985 and 1986 from Mrs. E.A. Driedger, Ottawa, Ontario.

An accrual was received in 2017 from Thomas Driedger.

Note sur le classement :

Oversize documents (vols. 45 & 46) have been placed in horizontal storage.
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Statutes - Canada Canada. Constitutional Conference (1961)

Law - Canada, [1940-1968] Canada. Constitutional Conference (1960)

Legislation - Canada, [1940-1968] Canada. Constitutional Conference (1950)

Canada - Constitutional law - Amendments, [1944-1969] University of Ottawa. Faculty of Law

Canada - Officials and employees, [1940-1974] Canada. Dept. of Justice, [1940-1968]

Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.). Faculty of Law

Canada. Consulate General (Hamburg, West Germany), 1966-1968
Source :

Privé

No de contrôle reliés :

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1985-00001-6
1985/0366
1985/0391
1986/0003
1996-177 DAP
2017-00089-2
96-096

Ancien no de référence archivistique :

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MG31-E39
Pour réserver ou commander des documents

Conditions d'accès :

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Document de restrictions à l'accès

http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/r000000681.pdf

Documents textuels

[Consultation96 Restrictions varient]

Boîte d'instruments de recherche [FA 1437] 114

[Consultation 10 Fermé]

Documents iconographiques (photo)

[Consultation90 Ouvert]

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