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Paweł Ignacy Staniszewski

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Paweł Ignacy Staniszewski

First name:
Paweł Ignacy
Last Name:
Staniszewski
Date of birth:
1925
Date of death:
2013
Age:
88
Profession:
social activist, referee
Biography:

Pawel Ignacy Staniszewski (1925-2013); first Canadian judge of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, born in Montreal. He graduated from Loyola College, the University of Toronto and Osgoode Hall Law School. Practised law in Toronto as a partner at Bagwell, Stevens & McFarlane. Liberal Party candidate in the federal election. Sworn in as a federal judge in Windsor in 1968. Later appointed as a judge on the Ontario Supreme Court of Justice. Founder of the Staniszewski Foundation for top law students at the University of Windsor. Well-known philanthropist and community activist, awarded the Honourable title. Author of five books. In recognition of his services and to commemorate Paul Staniszewski, one of the streets in Windsor was named 'Staniszewski Street'. He died in Tecumseh (Ontario) and is laid to rest in a family tomb at the local Heavenly Rest Cemetery in Windsor (Ontario).

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