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David Lawrence Varty (born 1948) is a lawyer and author in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He grew up in Ontario, Canada and went to York University for Political Science, then Osgoode Hall Law School, within York University, finally followed by McGill University for his master's degree.
Varty is author of the book, Who Gets Ungava?, analyzing the legal and constitutional issues (particularly the potential partition of the northern "Ungava" region of Quebec), relating to the potential secession of the province of Quebec from Canada.He sought the Liberal Party of Canada nomination to challenge sitting Prime Minister Kim Campbell in the electoral district of Vancouver Centre in the 1993 Canadian federal election; the nomination eventually went to Hedy Fry.
David Varty was called to the British Columbia Bar in 1980. He practised civil litigation in Vancouver and then served as counsel with the Department of Justice (Canada) and with the Canadian Transport Commission (CTC) in Ottawa, Ontario. He has written over 40 publications on legal and public issues. Varty is fluent in French and English.
He currently lives and works in Vancouver, British Columbia. He runs a successful law firm, Varty & Company, named after himself.
Writings
- Denied : essays on native property rights in Canada(1990)
- Who Gets Ungava (1991)
- Air Law in Canada: A British Columbia Perspective (1981)
- The Johnstone-Georgia Basin Transportation Corridor Discussion Paper: Environmental Issues (1994)
- The Life and Medical Work of Norbert Goormaghtigh (2016)