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Evatt Francis Anthony "Tony" Merchant, Q.C. (born 1944) is a Canadian lawyer and former politician. He represented Regina Wascana in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Liberal member from 1975 to 1978. ==Life and career== Merchant was born in 1944 in Yorkton, Saskatchewan. His father, Captain Evatt Francis Anthony Merchant, was a member of C Company of the The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders (died 18 November 1944 and buried at Mierlo War Cemetery, the Netherlands).〔http://www.keep-em-moving.co.uk/page28b.html〕 His mother, Maria Margharita "Sally" Merchant (d. 2007), was a television personality and political figure. He was raised by his mother as a single parent and became part of the Merchant political family in Saskatchewan. His maternal grandfather was Saskatchewan politician Vincent Reynolds Smith, and his niece (sister's daughter) is television personality Amanda Lang.〔http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/sally-merchant/article668953/〕 He studied at the University of Saskatchewan. He was admitted to the Saskatchewan bar in 1968, to the Alberta bar in 1976, to the British Columbia bar in 1977 and to the Arizona bar in 1987. He was also host for an open-line radio show in Saskatchewan and a freelance television interviewer. In 1976 he was a candidate for the leadership of the provincial Liberal party. That post went instead to Ted Malone.〔 〕 Merchant ran unsuccessfully for the federal seat in Regina East in 1979 and 1980. Merchant was named a Queen's Counsel in 1995. He served as a Lieutenant in the naval reserve. He also serves as Austrian consul for Saskatchewan. He is senior counsel at Merchant Law Group LLP, which has offices across Canada including in Toronto, St. Catharine's, Montreal, Vancouver, Victoria, Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Regina, and Winnipeg. Several of the largest lawsuits in Canadian history have originated from Merchant Law Group LLP's offices, multi-Billion dollar class-action lawsuits concerning Celebrex/Bextra, Vioxx, 911 Fees, defective automobiles and shareholder class actions.〔(Merchant Law website )〕 Merchant Law Group has major involvement in the residential school lawsuits. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Anthony Merchant」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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