Arthur Edward Martin Maloney QC

Queen's Counsel

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 (26 November 1919 - 20 September 1984) was a Progressive Conservative party

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

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 member of the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 and first Ontario Ombudsman

Ontario Ombudsman

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 from 1975 to 1979.

Maloney was born in Eganville, Ontario

Eganville, Ontario

Eganville is a small community occupying a deep limestone valley carved at the Fifth Chute of the Bonnechere River in Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada. It is in the township of Bonnechere Valley. This village also has two of the most popular restaurants in the upper Ottawa Valley: The Granary and...

. He became a noted defence lawyer following his 1943 graduation from Osgoode Hall

Osgoode Hall

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. He was the son of Martin James Maloney

Martin James Maloney

Martin James Maloney was a Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Eganville, Ontario and became a physician....

, another Member of Parliament.

He was first elected at the Parkdale

Parkdale (electoral district)

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 riding in the 1957 general election

Canadian federal election, 1957

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 and re-elected for a second term in Parliament in the 1958 election

Canadian federal election, 1958

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. From August 1957 to February 1958 he was Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Labour. He was a principal author of the 1960 Canadian Bill of Rights

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. Maloney was defeated by Stanley Haidasz

Stanley Haidasz

Stanley Haidasz, PC, MD was a Canadian politician.Haidasz was born to Polish parents who immigrated to Canada in 1910 from Stanislawów...

 of the Liberal party

Liberal Party of Canada

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 in the 1962 election

Canadian federal election, 1962

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.

Several years of poor health began in 1979 when Maloney incurred a stroke

Stroke

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, ending with a cancer diagnosis. In 1984, Maloney died at his residence in Rockwood, Ontario from that cancer. His funeral at Toronto's St. Michael's Cathedral was officiated by Gerald Emmett Cardinal Carter and politician-turned-priest Sean O'Sullivan. Various political colleagues such as Roland Michener

Roland Michener

Daniel Roland Michener , commonly known as Roland Michener, was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and diplomat who served as Governor General of Canada, the 20th since Canadian Confederation....

, John Crosbie

John Crosbie

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 and Ray Hnatyshyn

Ray Hnatyshyn

Ramon John Hnatyshyn , commonly known as Ray Hnatyshyn, was a Canadian politician and statesman who served as Governor General of Canada, the 24th since Canadian Confederation....

 attended the funeral.

Books on Maloney's life

• Advocacy in court: A tribute to Arthur Maloney, Q.C., 1986, ISBN 9780888040435
• The Life And Times Of Arthur Maloney: The Last Of The Tribunes, Charles Pullen, 1994, ISBN 9781550022247

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