Owen, Walter Stewart

OWEN, Walter Stewart, lawyer, lt gov 1973–78 (b 26 Jan 1904, Atlin; d 13 Jan 1981, Vancouver). He was born in the ATLIN jail, son of a BC PROVINCIAL POLICE officer who later became warden at OAKALLA PRISON FARM. After studying at UBC law school, he was called to the bar in 1928 and set up in practice in VANCOUVER. When he was named crown prosecutor in 1933 he was the youngest ever appointed in Canada to that time. He returned to private practice in 1942 and became one of the leading Vancouver...

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