Chris Axworthy Politician

Christopher S. Axworthy, QC (born March 10, 1947, Plymouth, United Kingdom) is a Canadian politician.After teaching law at the University of New Brunswick and Dalhousie Law School, Chris Axworthy came to Saskatoon in 1984 as the founding executive director of the Centre for the Study of Co-operatives and as a professor of law at the University of Saskatchewan. In 2003 he returned to the University of Saskatchewan as a professor of law, where he taught until the spring of 2008. In the spring of 2008, he was appointed as Dean of Robson Hall (Faculty of Law - University of Manitoba) for a five-year term beginning on July 1, 2008. He is also the President of the Institute of Parliamentary and Political Law. In May 2010, Axworthy assumed the position as the Founding Dean of Law at Thompson Rivers University's new law school, which opened in Fall 2011. On July 15, 2013 he resigned this position.

Personal facts

Birth dateMarch 10, 1947
Birth place
Plymouth , United Kingdom

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Office holder

office
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Minister of Justice and Attorney General
Member of the House of Commons of Canada
Saskatchewan Minister of Aboriginal Affairs
region
Saskatoon—Clark's Crossing
Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar
Saskatoon Fairview
successor

Chris Axworthy on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://newsroom.blog.mytru.ca/2010/02/22/founding-dean-of-law-announced
  2. http://usaskstudies.coop
  3. http://webinfo.parl.gc.ca/MembersOfParliament/ProfileMP.aspx?Key=5943
  4. http://www.umanitoba.ca/law/newsite/facultymember.php?page=axworthy