Alexander Biega QC was a Canadian lawyer and author. He was the President of the Ukrainian Canadian Centennial Commission – Quebec, 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. Biega was called to the Bar of Quebec in 1949 and practiced as a criminal defence lawyer in Montreal, Quebec.
His book, The Ukrainian Experience in Quebec (co-written with Myroslaw Diakowsky), was published by Basilian Press, in both French and English, in 1994.
Biega died in September 2004 at the age of 82.
References
- Roman Golash. "Ukrainian Experience in Quebec(Introduction)". Ukemonde.com. Retrieved 2011-10-13.
- Biega Family Pages
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- The Montreal Gazette - Jan 17, 1951 – Page 15
- The Montreal Gazette - Feb 19, 1969 – Page 3
- The Montreal Gazette - Dec 12, 1975 – Page 31
- WorldCat
- "Prolegomena for the study of Winnipeg's Legacy of Ukrainian Music: A Tentative Guide to Selected Sources of Information" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-09-29. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
- "Multicultural Canada". Archived from the original on 2012-09-04. Retrieved 2011-09-22.
- "In My Charge". Ukrhistory.tripod.com. Archived from the original on 2002-03-24. Retrieved 2011-10-13.
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