Editing Wally Oppal

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'''Wallace Oppal, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen's_Counsel Q.C.]''' (born 1940 in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver Vancouver], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia British Columbia]) is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada Canadian] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/lawyer lawyer], former [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/judge judge] and provincial [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/politician politician], who is currently serving as the Chancellor of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thompson_Rivers_University Thompson Rivers University]. He was first elected to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legislative_Assembly_of_British_Columbia Legislative Assembly of British Columbia] in 2005 as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BC_Liberal BC Liberal] MLA for the seat of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver-Fraserview Vancouver-Fraserview].

Born in the Fraserview precinct of south Vancouver, Oppal is a graduate of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_British_Columbia_Faculty_of_Law University of British Columbia Law School] and operated his own law practice before going to the Bench. He was appointed to the County Court of Vancouver in 1981 and to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_British_Columbia Supreme Court of British Columbia] in 1985. In 2003, he was appointed to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia_Court_of_Appeal British Columbia Court of Appeal] where he served until he resigned to seek election to the provincial legislature. He is the second [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Canadian Indo-Canadian] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attorney-General_of_British_Columbia Attorney-General of British Columbia].

Oppal served in the provincial cabinet as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attorney_General_of_British_Columbia Attorney General of British Columbia] and Minister responsible for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiculturalism_in_Canada Multiculturalism]. He is also known as the author of a report: the Independent Commission of Inquiry into Policing in British Columbia (commonly referred to as the Oppal Inquiry).

Oppal announced in March 2007 that he was undergoing treatment for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/prostate_cancer prostate cancer].<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2007/03/01/oppal-cancer.html "B.C. attorney general to be treated for prostate cancer"]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/cbc.ca cbc.ca], March 1, 2007.</ref> By the end of the month, Oppal was declared cancer free by his doctor.

For the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia_general_election,_2009 2009 provincial election], Oppal switched to the riding of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_South Delta South]. In initial results on election night, Oppal led in Delta South by a margin of just two votes over independent candidate [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicki_Huntington Vicki Huntington].<ref>[http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090513.woppal0513/BNStory/National/home "Oppal clinging to a two-vote lead"]. ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Globe_and_Mail The Globe and Mail]'', May 13, 2009.</ref> On May 26, 2009, a recount revealed that Huntington had defeated Oppal by only 32 votes.<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/05/26/bc-election-recount-oppal-wyse-.html?ref=rss "Huntington defeats Oppal in B.C. election recount"]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/cbc.ca cbc.ca], May 26, 2009.</ref> A judicial recount on June 2 confirmed Huntington's victory.<ref>[http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Huntington+over+Oppal+upheld+judicial+recount/1655513/story.html "Huntington win over Oppal upheld by judicial recount"]. ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver_Sun Vancouver Sun]'', June 2, 2009.</ref>

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