George Alexander Gale


George Alexander Gale, was a Chief Justice for the province of Ontario, Canada from 1967 until his 1976 retirement from that post.
Born in Quebec City, he would move to Vancouver, British Columbia for his youth before settling in Toronto for his legal career.

Education and career time line

From 1956, he also served for a long term on the Board of Governors of Wycliffe College, a Toronto theological school affiliated with the Anglican Church of Canada. He was also active within that church denomination as a member and Churchwarden of Toronto's St John's York Mills parish.
Gale donated a trophy in 1973 for a competition which is today known as the Gale Cup Moot which demonstrates skills in legal argumentation using staged proceedings.
Brother in Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity

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