Alex Biega (lawyer)

Alexander Biega Q.C. was a Canadian lawyer and author. He was the President of the Ukrainian Canadian Centennial Commission – Quebec,^[1] and author of The Ukrainian Experience in Quebec (Toronto, Basilian Press, 1994).

Background

He was the son of Peter Biega, a Ukrainian emigrant who settled in Canada.^[2] Biega was called to the Bar of Quebec in 1949^[3] and practiced as a criminal defence lawyer in Montreal, Quebec.^[4][5][6]

His book, The Ukrainian Experience in Quebec (co-written with Myroslaw Diakowsky), was published by Basilian Press, in both French and English, in 1994.^{[7][8][9][10]}

Biega died in September 2004 at the age of 82.^[11]

References

1. Roman Golash. "Ukrainian Experience in Quebec(Introduction)". Ukemonde.com. Retrieved 2011-10-13.
2. Biega Family Pages
3. "> Alexander Biega". LawTok. Retrieved 2011-10-13.
4. The Montreal Gazette - Jan 17, 1951 – Page 15
5. The Montreal Gazette - Feb 19, 1969 – Page 3
6. The Montreal Gazette - Dec 12, 1975 – Page 31
7. WorldCat
8. http://umanitoba.ca/centres/ukrainian_canadian/ucco/Prolegomena.pdf
9. Multicultural Canada
10. "In My Charge". Ukrhistory.tripod.com. Retrieved 2011-10-13.
11. http://obits.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/obit.cgi

External links

• Conversation Between Alexander Biega, QC and Levko Lukianenko His Excellency, Ambassador Of Ukraine In Canada, September 15, 1993