In Ontario in 2007, 34.5 per
cent of lawyers voted in the bencher election; in 2011, 37 per cent (15,592 lawyers) did so.
Not exact matches
While the LSA made
voting easy this year, only 3,632
lawyers (39 per
cent)
of the 9,291 eligible members took the time to cast a ballot.
While 74 per
cent of B.C.
lawyers who participated in the October 2014 referendum
voted against accreditation, Trinity Western argues it wasn't in line with s. 13
of the act that deals with implementing resolutions
of special meetings.
The more recent series The Good Wife, an unquestionable first choice for Toronto
lawyer Bill Trudell, was fourth-most popular
lawyer show with 11 per
cent of votes, according to the survey.
Despite widespread public support from Quebec's legal community and a mid-strike
vote in which they rejected the government's final offer by a whopping 97 per
cent, the striking
lawyers emptied their $ 4 - million strike fund, took out an $ 8 - million loan (which is currently being repaid through an increase in union dues to three per
cent from 0.75 per
cent of members» salaries) and dropped strike pay to zero from the 60 per
cent of members» weekly salaries paid at the start
of the strike.