Eugene Forsey | |
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Senator for Nepean, Ontario | |
In office October 7, 1970 – May 29, 1979 | |
Nominated by | Pierre Trudeau |
Appointed by | Edward Schreyer |
Personal details | |
Born | Eugene Alfred Forsey May 29, 1904 Grand Bank, Newfoundland |
Died | February 20, 1991 | (aged 86)
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Spouse |
Harriet Roberts (m. 1935) |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | McGill University Balliol College, Oxford |
Thesis | The Royal Power of Dissolution of Parliament in the British Commonwealth (1941) |
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Academic work | |
Discipline | Political science |
Eugene Alfred Forsey PC CC FRSC (May 29, 1904 – February 20, 1991) served in the Senate of Canada from 1970 to 1979. He was considered to be one of Canada's foremost constitutional experts.