Alex Biega (lawyer) explained

Alexander Biega 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]

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Roman Golash . Ukrainian Experience in Quebec(Introduction) . Ukemonde.com . 2011-10-13.
2. http://biega.com/family/biega-johnma.html Biega Family Pages
3. Web site: > Alexander Biega . LawTok . 2011-10-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120330022643/http://www.lawtok.com/LawyerInfo.aspx?LawyerID=1092 . 2012-03-30 . dead .
4. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VuwiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IpkFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3095,2041281&dq=alexander+biega&hl=en The Montreal Gazette - Jan 17, 1951 – Page 15
5. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6PktAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jaAFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2469,4357606&dq=alexander+biega+qc&hl=en The Montreal Gazette - Feb 19, 1969 – Page 3
6. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CJguAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nqEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2043,3156188&dq=alexander+biega+qc&hl=en The Montreal Gazette - Dec 12, 1975 – Page 31
7. http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3ABiega%2C+Alexander%2C&qt=hot_author WorldCat
8. Web site: Prolegomena for the study of Winnipeg's Legacy of Ukrainian Music: A Tentative Guide to Selected Sources of Information . 2011-09-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140929194257/http://umanitoba.ca/centres/ukrainian_canadian/ucco/Prolegomena.pdf . 2014-09-29 . dead .
9. Web site: Multicultural Canada . 2011-09-22 . https://archive.today/20120904030220/http://www.multiculturalcanada.ca/Encyclopedia/A-Z/u1/13 . 2012-09-04 . dead .
10. Web site: In My Charge . https://web.archive.org/web/20020324054230/http://ukrhistory.tripod.com/index-30.htm . dead . 2002-03-24 . Ukrhistory.tripod.com . 2011-10-13 .
11. Web site: Obituary Daily Times -- Interactive Search . 2011-09-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110923094210/http://obits.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/obit.cgi . 2011-09-23 . dead .