Alex Biega (lawyer)
Alexander Biega QC was a Canadian lawyer and author. He was the President of the Ukrainian Canadian Centennial Commission – Quebec,[1] and author of The Ukrainian Experience in Quebec (Toronto, Basilian Press, 1994).
Background[edit]
He was the son of Peter Biega, a Ukrainian emigrant who settled in Canada.[2] Biega was called to the Bar of Quebec in 1949[3] and practiced as a criminal defence lawyer in Montreal, Quebec.[4][5][6]
His book, The Ukrainian Experience in Quebec (co-written with Myroslaw Diakowsky), was published by Basilian Press, in both French and English, in 1994.[7][8][9][10]
Biega died in September 2004 at the age of 82.[11]
References[edit]
- ^ Roman Golash. "Ukrainian Experience in Quebec(Introduction)". Ukemonde.com. Retrieved 2011-10-13.
- ^ Biega Family Pages
- ^ "> Alexander Biega". LawTok. Archived from the original on 2012-03-30. Retrieved 2011-10-13.
- ^ The Montreal Gazette - Jan 17, 1951 – Page 15
- ^ The Montreal Gazette - Feb 19, 1969 – Page 3
- ^ The Montreal Gazette - Dec 12, 1975 – Page 31
- ^ WorldCat
- ^ "Prolegomena for the study of Winnipeg's Legacy of Ukrainian Music: A Tentative Guide to Selected Sources of Information" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-09-29. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
- ^ "Multicultural Canada". Archived from the original on 2012-09-04. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
- ^ "In My Charge". Ukrhistory.tripod.com. Archived from the original on 2002-03-24. Retrieved 2011-10-13.
- ^ "Obituary Daily Times -- Interactive Search". Archived from the original on 2011-09-23. Retrieved 2011-09-22.