Allan Leal

Herbert Allan Borden Leal, O.C., LL.M., LL.D., Q.C. (1917 – October 12 1999) was a Canadian civil servant and academic. He was Deputy Attorney General of Ontario, Dean of Osgoode Hall Law School, and Chancellor of McMaster University.

Born in Beloeil, Quebec, Leal received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1940 from McMaster University. A Rhodes Scholar from Ontario in 1940, he never took up the appointment due to the war. He served with the Royal Canadian Artillery during World War II in Canada, England, and the United States. He was discharged with the rank of Captain. After the war, he attended Osgoode Hall Law School from 1945 to 1948. He received a Master of Laws degree from Harvard Law School in 1957. He was called to the Bar of Ontario 1948 and was created a Queen's Counsel in 1959.

Leal practiced law from 1948 to 1950. In 1950, he became a lecturer at Osgoode Hall Law School. In 1956, he was Vice-Dean and a full Professor of Law. From 1958 to 1966, he was Dean of the Law School. From 1966 to 1977, he was Chairman of the Ontario Law Reform Commission, which advised the Attorney General of Ontario on legal matters. He was also a Special Lecturer in Property Law in the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto from 1972 to 1977. From 1977 to 1981, he was the Deputy Attorney General of Ontario, the head civil servant in the department which is similar to a Deputy Minister. From 1977 to 1986, he was Chancellor of McMaster University.

From 1975 to 1976, Leal was President of the Empire Club of Canada. From 1991 to 1994, he was Reeve of the Municipality of Village of Tweed.

In 1983, Leal was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. He received honorary degrees from McMaster University (1963), York University (1978), University of Western Ontario (1982) and Dalhousie University (1983).

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years=1977—1986