Robert Wells (Canadian politician)
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The Hon. Robert Wells, Q.C., LL.D. |
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| Member of Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly (St. John's South) | |
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In office 1972–1975 |
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| Preceded by | Hugh Shea |
| Succeeded by | John Collins |
| Constituency | St. John's South |
| Member of Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly (Kilbride) | |
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In office 1975–1979 |
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| Preceded by | New district |
| Succeeded by | Bob Aylward |
| Constituency | Kilbride |
| Minister of Health and Government House Leader | |
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In office 1975–1976 |
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| Justice of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador | |
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In office 1986–2008 |
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| Nominated by | Brian Mulroney |
| President of the Law Society of Newfoundland | |
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In office 1977–1981 |
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| 57th President of the Canadian Bar Association | |
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In office 1985–1986 |
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| Preceded by | Claude R. Thomson, Q.C., LL.D. |
| Succeeded by | The Hon. Bryan Williams, Q.C., LL.D. |
| President of the International Commission of Jurists (Canadian Section) | |
| Chancellor of the Diocese of Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador | |
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In office 1979–1984 |
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| Appointed by | Bishop Robert Seaborn |
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| Born | 1933 Badger's Quay, Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
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Memorial University Oxford University |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Anglican |
Robert Wells, QC, LL.D. (born 1933), is a Canadian lawyer, former politician and retired judge in Newfoundland. He represented St. John's South from 1972 to 1975 and Kilbride from 1975 to 1979 in the Newfoundland House of Assembly. He sat on the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador from 1986 to 2008.
The son of Reverend Warwick Wells and Dorcas Parsons, he was born in Badger's Quay. He was educated at Memorial University in St. John's and then selected as a Rhodes Scholar in 1953. He attended Oxford University and was admitted to the Bar of England and Wales in 1958.
On his return to Newfoundland, he was employed in the civil service as an economist, later working in the Justice department as a Crown attorney and departmental advisor from 1959 to 1962. In 1962, he started practising law in St. John's. Wells was named Queen's Counsel in 1972. He had a general litigation practice, including using alternative dispute resolution methods such as mediation and arbitration. In 1986, Wells was named to the Trial Division of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland, retiring in 2008. Since then, he has continued to work in alternative dispute resolution.
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