11 Facts About Royal Maitland

Royal Lethington "Pat" Maitland was a Canadian lawyer and politician.

Royal Maitland served as Attorney General of British Columbia in the Hart ministry.

Royal Maitland served as national president of the Canadian Bar Association.

Royal Maitland spent part of his career as a city prosecutor in Vancouver.

Royal Maitland served as President of the Association from 1943 to 1944, while he was Attorney General.

Royal Maitland returned to office in the 1937 general election from the riding of Vancouver-Point Grey.

The next year, upon the death of Frank Porter Patterson, the leader of the Conservative Party, Royal Maitland became party leader and Leader of the Opposition.

Royal Maitland's challenge was to rebuild the moribund British Columbia Conservative Party, which had split into two and collapsed in 1933 under Tolmie's leadership.

Royal Maitland's Conservatives joined the government, obtaining three seats in Cabinet to the Liberals' five.

Four years later, in the 1945 provincial election, Royal Maitland's Conservatives contested the election jointly with the Liberals and were re-elected.

Royal Maitland died from influenza at Vancouver General Hospital on March 28,1946, the year after his successful participation in the 1945 general election.