Norman MacKenzie (politician)


Norman Archibald Macrae MacKenzie, was the President of the University of British Columbia from 1944 to 1962, and a Senator from 1966 to 1969.

Biography

He was born in Pugwash, Nova Scotia. He fought during World War I. He studied law at Dalhousie, Harvard and Cambridge Universities. In 1927, he went to the University of Toronto, where he taught law for thirteen years. He became president of the University of New Brunswick in 1940. He was president of the University of British Columbia from 1944 to 1962. In 1959 he hosted Queen Elizabeth at the University of British Columbia's Faculty Club
He was a member of the Senate from 1966 to 1969 representing the senatorial division of University-Point Grey, British Columbia.
In 1969, he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.
He and his wife, born Margaret Thomas, had three children: Bridget Mackenzie, Susan Mackenzie, and Patrick Thomas Mackenzie.
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