birth_name birth_place office birth_date term_start article_title term_end name
thomas alexander hickman grand bank , newfoundland member of the newfoundland and labrador house of assembly 19 october 1925 1966 alexander hickman
 1979 alexander hickman
alexander hickman

thomas alexander hickman , -lrb- born october 19 , 1925 -rrb- is a canadian lawyer , former politician and former judge .
born in grand bank , newfoundland and labrador , he studied at memorial university of newfoundland and received a ll.b from dalhousie university in 1947 .
he was called to the bar of nova scotia in 1947 , and to the bar of newfoundland in 1948 .
in 1964 , he was made a queen 's counsel .
he started to practice law in 1948 .
from 1966 to 1979 , he was a member of the newfoundland and labrador house of assembly .
he held numerous cabinet positions including minister of justice and attorney general , minister of health , minister responsible for intergovernmental affairs , minister of finance , and minister of education .
in 1979 , he was appointed to the supreme court of newfoundland as chief justice of the trial division .
as chief justice , he was the chairman of two well known royal commissions .
from 1982 to 1985 , he was the chairman of the royal commission on the ocean ranger marine disaster .
from 1986 to 1989 , he was the chairman of the royal commission on the donald marshall , jr. .
in 2003 , he was made an officer of the order of canada .
