ACHIEVEMENTS

Honorary Nishga'a Nation Name: “Halaydin Xhlamwit”

Officer of the Order of Canada, 1989

Order of British Columbia, 2004

Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, 2012

Freedom of the City of Vancouver, 1992

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-Was a Justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia from 1971 to 1983

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-Northern Frontier, Northern Homeland was the bestselling book ever published by the Government of Canada

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-Was an MP of the NDP in 1962-63

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-Elected Leader of provincial NDP in 1969 until Dave Barrett took over in 1972

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-Elected member of the House of Commons in 1962 at the age of 29 for Vancouver -- Burrard

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-Elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in 1966-69

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-Received his Bachelor of Arts in 1955, and his Bachelor of Laws in 1956 from the University of British Columbia