Waldron Fox-Decent

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters".Template:Wikidata image Rear-Admiral Norman Waldron "Wally" Fox-Decent Script error: No such module "If empty". (July 22, 1937 – September 5, 2019) was a Canadian professor, mediator and advisor on constitutional issues and labour relations.

Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, he received a Bachelor of Arts in political science in 1959 and a Master of Arts in 1971 from the University of Manitoba. From 1962 to 1995, he was professor of political studies at the University of Manitoba.

He joined the Canadian Naval Reserves in 1954 as a cadet at Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".. From 1987 to 1990, he was Chief of Reserves and Cadets for the Canadian Forces. He retired in 1996 with the rank of rear admiral.

In 1989 Fox-Decent chaired the Manitoba Task Force on the Meech Lake Accord. The committee, struck by Premier Gary Filmon and made up of Members of the Legislative Assembly from all three parties, accepted briefs and heard testimony regarding Manitobans' thoughts on the Accord, a constitutional amendment package debated from 1987-1990.[1]

From 1992 to 2005, he was chairman of the Workers Compensation Board of Manitoba.

In 1997, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada. In 2003, he was awarded the Order of Manitoba. He died in Montreal on September 5, 2019.[2]

Awards and decorations

Fox-Decent's personal awards and decorations included the following:

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File:UK Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal ribbon.svgFile:QEII Diamond Jubilee Medal ribbon.svgFile:CD-ribbon and 3 bars.png

Ribbon Description Notes
File:CAN Order of Canada Member ribbon.svg Order of Canada (CM)
  • Appointed Member (CM) on 23 October 1997[3]
File:Order of Military Merit (Canada) ribbon (CMM).jpg Order of Military Merit (CMM)
  • Appointed Commander (CMM) on 10 July 1989[4]
File:Order Manitoba ribbon bar.svg Order of Manitoba (OM)
  • Appointed (OM) on 15 July 2003[5]
  • medal number: 054
File:UK Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal ribbon.svg Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal
  • Decoration awarded in 1977
  • Canadian version
File:Canada125 ribbon.png 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada Medal
  • Decoration awarded in 1992
File:UK Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal ribbon.svg Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal
  • Decoration awarded in 2002[6]
  • Canadian version
File:QEII Diamond Jubilee Medal ribbon.svg Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal
  • Decoration awarded in 2012[7]
  • Canadian version
File:CD-ribbon and 3 bars.png Canadian Forces' Decoration (CD)
  • with three Clasp for 42 years of services

References

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Military offices
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