Alfred Carrothers

Who was Alfred Carrothers?

Alfred William Rooke "Fred" Carrothers was a Canadian lawyer, arbitrator, and academic working in the field of law.

Born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, the son of W. A. Carrothers, a Professor of Economics at the University of Saskatchewan, Carrothers received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1947 and a Bachelor of Laws in 1948 as part of the first graduating class in law at the University of British Columbia. He received a Master of Laws degree in 1951 from the Harvard Law School and a Doctorate of Juridical Science in 1966. He was called to the Bars of British Columbia in 1948, of Ontario in 1965, and of Alberta in 1969.

He started his career as an academic at the University of British Columbia where he was a lecturer from 1948 to 1950. He was an assistant professor at Dalhousie University from 1951 to 1952. In 1952, he joined the University of British Columbia as an assistant professor, becoming an associate professor in 1955, and a full professor in 1960. From 1960 to 1962, he was also director of the Institute for Industrial Relations. In 1964, he became Dean and a professor of Law at the University of Western Ontario.