Morris C. Shumiatcher
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Morris C. Shumiatcher
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Morris Cyril "Shumi" Shumiatcher was a Canadian lawyer, human rights activist, philanthropist, arts patron, art collector, author, and lecturer. As senior legal counsel in the provincial government of Tommy Douglas, he drafted the 1947 Saskatchewan Bill of Rights, the first such bill in the British Commonwealth. He established a successful private law practice in Regina in 1949 and argued numerous cases of constitutional law before the Supreme Court of Canada. He and his wife Jacqui contributed
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Canadian lawyer (1917–2004)
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2024-03-12T03:50:51Z
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