# Alex Hickman > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alex_Hickman > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alex_Hickman.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Hickman > Source revision: 1344225454 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{More footnotes needed|date=January 2016}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Alex Hickman | honorific_suffix = | image = | office = Member of the [Newfoundland House of Assembly](/source/Newfoundland_and_Labrador_House_of_Assembly) | predecessor = [Eric Jones](/source/Eric_S._Jones) | successor = [Leslie Thoms](/source/Leslie_Thoms) | constituency = [Grand Bank](/source/Grand_Bank_(electoral_district)) | term_start = 1966 | term_end = 1979 | birth_date = {{birth date|1925|10|19}} | birth_name = Thomas Alexander Hickman | birth_place = [Grand Bank](/source/Grand_Bank%2C_Newfoundland), [Newfoundland](/source/Dominion_of_Newfoundland) | death_date = {{death date and age|2016|1|10|1925|10|19}} | death_place = [Newfoundland and Labrador](/source/Newfoundland_and_Labrador) | alma_mater = [Memorial University of Newfoundland](/source/Memorial_University_of_Newfoundland), [Dalhousie University](/source/Dalhousie_University) }} '''Thomas Alexander Hickman''', {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|OC|QC}} (October 19, 1925 – January 10, 2016) was a Canadian lawyer, politician and judge. ==Biography== Born in [Grand Bank](/source/Grand_Bank%2C_Newfoundland_and_Labrador), [Newfoundland](/source/Dominion_of_Newfoundland) (present-day [Newfoundland and Labrador](/source/Newfoundland_and_Labrador), [Canada](/source/Canada)), Hickman studied at [Memorial University of Newfoundland](/source/Memorial_University_of_Newfoundland) and received a [LL.B](/source/Bachelor_of_Laws) from [Dalhousie University](/source/Dalhousie_University) in 1947. He was called to the Bar of [Nova Scotia](/source/Nova_Scotia) in 1947, and to the Bar of Newfoundland in 1948. In 1964, he was made a [Queen's Counsel](/source/Queen's_Counsel). He started to practice law in 1948. From 1966 to 1979, he was a member of the [Newfoundland House of Assembly](/source/Newfoundland_and_Labrador_House_of_Assembly). He held numerous cabinet positions including Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Minister of Health, Minister Responsible for Intergovernmental Affairs, Minister of Finance, and Minister of Education. In 1979, he was appointed to the Supreme Court of Newfoundland as Chief Justice of the Trial Division. As Chief Justice, he was the chairman of two well known [Royal Commission](/source/Royal_Commission)s. From 1982 to 1985, he was the chairman of the Royal Commission on the [Ocean Ranger](/source/Ocean_Ranger) marine disaster. From 1986 to 1989, he was the chairman of the Royal Commission on the [Donald Marshall](/source/Donald_Marshall_Jr.), Jr. ==Personal life== In 2003, he was made an Officer of the [Order of Canada](/source/Order_of_Canada). Hickman died of cancer on January 10, 2016, at the age of 90.[http://www.inmemoriam.ca/view-announcement-534716-thomas-alexander-hickman.html Obituary], inmemoriam.ca; accessed January 23, 2016. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[http://archive.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=8623 Order of Canada Citation] * {{cite web | title=The Honourable T. Alexander Hickman, Q.C. | work=ADR Chambers International | url=http://www.adrchambersinternational.com/cvhickman.htm | accessdate=2005-08-09 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050810073818/http://www.adrchambersinternational.com/cvhickman.htm | archivedate=10 August 2005 | url-status=dead }} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hickman, Alex}} Category:1925 births Category:2016 deaths Category:Judges in Newfoundland and Labrador Category:Schulich School of Law alumni Category:Officers of the Order of Canada Category:Members of the Executive Council of Newfoundland and Labrador Category:Lawyers in Newfoundland and Labrador Category:People from Grand Bank Category:Canadian King's Counsel Category:Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador MHAs Category:20th-century members of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Alex Hickman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Hickman) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Hickman?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.