David Searle
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David H. Searle is a retired politician and lawyer from Northwest Territories, Canada.
[edit] Legal career
David established his law practice in 1963 partnering with Justice Mark de Weerdt in Yellowknife. He practiced law in the territory until 1981. He served as a crown attorney until his election in 1967.
David moved to Vancouver and practiced mining and environmental law with a firm called Davis & Company.
He also served as a professor at the University of British Columbia Faculty of Law from 1991 to 2004.
He also served as President of the Law Society of the Northwest Territories
He retired in August 2006.
[edit] Political career
David was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Northwest Territories in the 1967 Northwest Territories general election. He served the riding of Mackenzie North.
In his first term in office he was at the press conference to unveil the current Northwest Territories flag on January 31, 1969.
He was re-elected to his second term in office for the new district of Keewatin North after redistribution for the 1970 Northwest Territories general election.
David ran for a third term in the 1975 Northwest Territories general election this time in the new district of Yellowknife South after a much large redistribution of the ridings. He was re-elected and on May 1, 1975 became the first elected speaker of the Legislative Assembly since Archibald Beaton Gillis in 1905.
David ran in the 1979 Canadian federal election in Western Arctic for the Liberal Party of Canada and ended up coming a close second.
[edit] External links
- David Searle unveiling the new flag
- The Snowshoe Volume 13 Issue 1 January 2006
- David Searle biography
| Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Peter Baker |
MLA Mackenzie North 1967-1970 |
Succeeded by District Abolished |
| Preceded by New District |
MLA Keewatin North 1970-1975 |
Succeeded by District Abolished |
| Preceded by New District |
MLA Yellowknife South 1975-1979 |
Succeeded by Lynda Sorenson |
| Preceded by John Havelock Parker |
Speaker of the Northwest Territories Assembly 1975-1979 |
Succeeded by Robert H. MacQuarrie |
