- Bill Code
William "Bill" E. Code is a politician and lawyer from
Calgary, Alberta .Political career
Bill Code made his first attempt at public office when he ran as a candidate for the
Canadian House of Commons under theLiberal Party of Canada banner in the 1984 Canadian federal election in the riding ofCalgary West . In that election he finished second, in a field of seven candidates. However he lost by a plurality of 32,000 votes toJim Hawkes .Bill Code next attempt at public office was being a candidate for the
Alberta Liberal Party in the 1989 Senator in waiting election. He finished second, and has so far been the only Liberal to run in Alberta's 3 Senator in waiting elections.Bill Code is a prominent member of both the Alberta and Federal Liberal parties and has worked behind the scenes for decades, especially in
Calgary Elbow , where he has worked a few elections trying help the Liberal party unseatRalph Klein .Legal career
Bill was also one of the lawyers involved in a messy defamation Law Suit launched by former Progressive Conservative
Speaker of Legislative Assembly of Alberta Alberta Legislative Assembly David Carter and former Chief Parliamentary CounselMike Ritter againstStockwell Day . The lawsuit was brought about by the failure of the Principal Group.Current activities
In 1995 Bill Code was appointed to the NAFTA disputes panel, he continues to serve as a member to present day.
External links
* [http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:xJ7TXuJgHCIJ:www.cso.on.ca/CNEWSAlbertaElection01/19_calgary-cp.html+%22Bill+Code%22+Liberal&hl=en&lr=lang_en Cached Google Article from Cnews February 19, 2001 mentioning Bill Code's activities for the Liberals]
* [http://www.glenbow.org/collections/search/findingAids/archhtm/evans.cfm Bill Code glenbow museum archives M 8419/161]
* [http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:tkzWFm8ATwQJ:www.cso.on.ca/CNEWSPolitics0102/01_klein-sun.html+%22Bill+Code%22+Liberal+Stockwell&hl=en&lr=lang_en Cached Google Article from Cnews February 1 2001 mentioning Bill Code as a lawyer in Stockwell Days defimation law suit.]
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/english/hansard/previous/147_95-02-07/147GO3E.html Canadian House of Commons Hansard mentioning Bill Code on the Nafta disputes panel February 7, 1995]
* [http://www.nafta-sec-alena.org/DefaultSite/index_e.aspx?DetailID=615#can Nafta disputes panel roster]
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