Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Vancouver-Fraserview
In office May 17, 2005 – May 12, 2009
Preceded by
Ken Johnston
Succeeded by
Kash Heed
Attorney General of British Columbia
In office June 16, 2005 – June 10, 2009
Premier
Gordon Campbell
Preceded by
Geoff Plant
Succeeded by
Michael de Jong
Minister responsible for Multiculturalism of British Columbia
In office June 16, 2005 – June 10, 2009
Premier
Gordon Campbell
Preceded by
Patrick Wong
Succeeded by
Ben Stewart
Personal details
Born
Wallace Taroo Oppal
1940 (1940) (age 84)[1] Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Political party
BC Liberal
Occupation
lawyer, judge
Wallace Taroo "Wally" Oppal, OBC KC (born 1940) is a Canadian lawyer, former judge and provincial politician. Between 2005 and 2009, he served as British Columbia's Attorney General and Minister responsible for Multiculturalism, as well as Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for the riding of Vancouver-Fraserview as part of the BC Liberals.
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Wallace Taroo "Wally" Oppal, OBC KC (born 1940) is a Canadian lawyer, former judge and provincial politician. Between 2005 and 2009, he served as British...
advance. WallyOppal apologized to the victims' families for not informing them of the appeal before it was announced to the general public. Oppal also said...
Nash OC OBC, National Basketball Association player, appointed 2006 WallyOppal OBC, Q.C., former Attorney General of British Columbia and Justice of...
candidate Vicki Huntington narrowly defeated incumbent Attorney General WallyOppal in Delta South. In the 2019 Newfoundland and Labrador general election...
Shaver was installed as TRU's third president in 2011, and the Honourable WallyOppal was installed as chancellor. Dr. Brett Fairbairn started as TRU's fourth...
shooting struggle to heal". Global News. Retrieved December 14, 2020. WallyOppal (August 11, 2022). "The RCMP has an important role to play – one that...
dangerous offender, and received a mandatory life sentence from Judge WallyOppal. He appealed, but, in 2001, lost. In a later trial, Driver was convicted...
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Vancouver-Fraserview In office May 12, 2009 – May 13, 2013 Preceded by WallyOppal Succeeded by Suzanne Anton Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General...
policing in Vancouver focused largely on police accountability. Judge WallyOppal (later provincial attorney general), submitted the results of his report...
Wendy McMahon Mary McNeil Joyce Murray Ted Nebbeling Richard Neufeld WallyOppal Barry Penner Geoff Plant Mary Polak Judith Reid Linda Reid Claude Richmond...
Indo-Canadian premier Wajid Khan, former MP for Mississauga—Streetsville WallyOppal, former MLA for Vancouver-Fraserview Gurjinder Basran, novelist H. S...
endorsed by B.C. inquiry commissioner WallyOppal in his 2012 Missing Women Commission of Inquiry recommendations. Oppal's public inquiry report into the Robert...
recommendations dealing primarily with police reform and public safety made by WallyOppal in his Inquiry Report released December 12, 2012. On May 17, 2013, Point...
Wendy McMahon Mary McNeil Joyce Murray Ted Nebbeling Richard Neufeld WallyOppal Barry Penner Geoff Plant Mary Polak Judith Reid Linda Reid Claude Richmond...
NDP's Jenn McGinn and Charlie Wyse, and the Liberals' John Nuraney and WallyOppal were defeated. All other seat changes in the election resulted from the...
Wendy McMahon Mary McNeil Joyce Murray Ted Nebbeling Richard Neufeld WallyOppal Barry Penner Geoff Plant Mary Polak Judith Reid Linda Reid Claude Richmond...
Wendy McMahon Mary McNeil Joyce Murray Ted Nebbeling Richard Neufeld WallyOppal Barry Penner Geoff Plant Mary Polak Judith Reid Linda Reid Claude Richmond...
Wendy McMahon Mary McNeil Joyce Murray Ted Nebbeling Richard Neufeld WallyOppal Barry Penner Geoff Plant Mary Polak Judith Reid Linda Reid Claude Richmond...
June 10, 2009 – December 1, 2010 Premier Gordon Campbell Preceded by WallyOppal Succeeded by Barry Penner Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General...
Robert Harris Dawn Russell Thompson Rivers University British Columbia WallyOppal Alan Shaver Toronto Metropolitan University Janice Fukakusa Mohamed Lachemi...
Wendy McMahon Mary McNeil Joyce Murray Ted Nebbeling Richard Neufeld WallyOppal Barry Penner Geoff Plant Mary Polak Judith Reid Linda Reid Claude Richmond...
Andrew Petter; 2000 Graeme Bowbrick; 2000–2001 Geoff Plant; 2001–2005 WallyOppal; 2005–2009 Mike de Jong; 2009–2010 Barry Penner; 2010–2011 Shirley Bond;...
investigations and WallyOppal's $10 million inquiry, "Forsaken: The Report of the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry". Shenher wrote when Oppal was Attorney...
Wendy McMahon Mary McNeil Joyce Murray Ted Nebbeling Richard Neufeld WallyOppal Barry Penner Geoff Plant Mary Polak Judith Reid Linda Reid Claude Richmond...
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