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Carol Baird Ellan is a Canadian federal politician, lawyer, and retired judge, and the former Chief Judge of the Provincial Court of British Columbia. Appointed Chief Judge on July 14, 2000 at age 43, she was the second youngest chief judge in BC history and the first female chief of the BC Provincial Court. Baird Ellan currently lives in North Vancouver with her husband Tim, with whom she practiced law and family mediation under the firm name Ellan Community Law. They both also volunteer with and serve as the Northwest Region representatives for Retrouvaille International, a marriage support charity. They have five adult children who live in the Vancouver area〔http://www.nsnews.com/news/case-closed-1.36720}〕 In February 2015, Baird Ellan received the nomination of the New Democratic Party of Canada in the federal riding of Burnaby North—Seymour in the 2015 federal election. The riding was created by the federal redistricting of 2012, and comprises a section of North Vancouver east of Lynn Creek North Vancouver and the section of Burnaby north of the Lougheed Highway Burnaby—Douglas.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Final Report – British Columbia )〕 ==Background== Baird Ellan was born Carol Cecilia Baird in Vancouver in 1956, but at a young age moved with her family to Oa'hu, Hawaii, where she attended Kailua High School. The family returned to Vancouver in 1972, where Baird Ellan completed her high school education at Point Grey Secondary School in 1973 at the age of 16, and enrolled in the University of British Columbia. An avid guitarist from a young age, Baird Ellan initially pursued a degree in music, but soon transferred to the Faculty of Commerce, having resolved to attend law school after a memorable high school law course. She was accepted at UBC Law School in 1976, after her third year of undergraduate studies, and graduated 7th in her class in 1979, at 22. After her call to the bar in 1980, she joined Thornsteinssons, a tax law firm in Vancouver.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Carol Baird Ellan's next chapter )〕 In 1983, Baird Ellan followed her husband Tim into a career as a Crown prosecutor, maintaining a focus in criminal law until 1993, when she was appointed as a judge. After a short period presiding in small claims court, she was relocated to Vancouver's Main Street criminal court, in the city's notorious Downtown Eastside, western Canada's largest criminal court. She served as Administrative Judge there from 1985 until her appointment as Associate Chief Judge in 1999 and then Chief Judge of the BC Provincial Court in 2000. She completed a five-year term as Chief Judge, and returned to preside in North Vancouver Provincial Court from 2005 until her retirement in 2012.〔http://www.provincialcourt.bc.ca/about-the-court/judicial-officers/chief-judge〕 Baird Ellan has an identical twin, Kathryn, who resides in West Vancouver. Her parents, Thomas Baird, a retired advertising executive, and Nancy Baird, a retired executive word processor, both reside in Vancouver. She also has a brother, Andrew, who resides on Vancouver Island. 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「Carol Baird Ellan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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