Barry Strayer

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Barry Lee Strayer (born August 13, 1932 in Moose Jaw,Saskatchewan) was a Justice on the Canadian Federal Court of Appeal and is currently a Deputy Judge on the Federal Court of Canada. He is known as one of the instrumental drafters of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

In 1959, Strayer graduated from the faculty of law at the University of Saskatchewan. He worked at the Department of Justice in Saskatchewan until 1963 at which point he began teaching at the University of Saskatchewan. He eventually became the Director of the Constitutional Law Division of the Privy Council Office. In 1974 he was appointed Assistant Deputy Minister of Justice where he spent several years working on first drafts of the Charter.

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• Barry L. Strayer at the Federal Court of Canada
• Entry from Canadian Who's Who

Preceded by Patrick Mahoney

Chief Justice of the Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada 1994-2004

Succeeded by Edmond P. Blanchard