Mary MacGregor

Email: Mary MacGregor
Direct Line and Voicemail: 250-828-1871
Senior Assistant: Marion Wyse 250-828-6676
Secretary: Debbie Walton 250-828-1657
Secretary: Sandra Keller 250-828-1881
Secretary: Kari Lynn Dundass 250-828-0282

Practice Areas

business law
land law and developer for resource sector and livestock industry clients
wills and estate planning

Biography

Mary has worked in B.C.’s beef cattle industry all her life, and has a family background in agriculture. Her practice is primarily corporate–commercial law, with a focus on clients in the resource and service sectors of the Interior—ranching, timber, mining, tourism, and the businesses that serve those sectors.

Mary has practiced law in Merritt and Kamloops since 1977, including operating a law firm branch office, and acting as managing partner of a Kamloops law firm. She started her own firm in 1995.

Professional Activities

1997 to 2001 — Member, Canadian Bar Association B.C. Branch Provincial Judicial Advisory Committee
Speaker for Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia Wills and Estates Seminar
British Columbia Institute of Agrologists, Retired Member

Government Appointments

2001 to 2004 — British Columbia Lottery Corporation director
2001 — British Columbia Fiscal Review Panel member
1992 to 1994 — Fraser Basin Management Board member
1986 to 1992 — British Columbia Farm Debt Review Board member

Volunteer Work

2008 to present — BC Institute of Agrologists Conduct and Discipline Committee member, Chair for one year
2008 to present — Thompson Rivers University Law School Advisory Committee member
1998 to 2003 — Vancouver Foundation Environmental Advisory Committee member
1997 to 1999 — Canadian Cattlemen’s Association director; Co–Chair of Environment and Animal Care Committee
1970 to 2000 — British Columbia Cattlemen’s Association—Chair or member, Land Stewardship Committee; Chair, Aboriginal Affairs Committee; Treaty Negotiation Advisory Committee Member; Chair, Taxation and Credit Committee; Chair, Ad Hoc Organizational Restructuring Committee; Director (1995 to 2000)

Education

LL.B., University of British Columbia, 1976

B.Sc. (Agr), University of British Columbia, 1970

Place and Year of Call

British Columbia, 1977

Publications

From 1989 to 2000, Mary has written several articles each year primarily for Beef in B.C., the magazine of the British Columbia Cattlemen’s Association, and articles and speeches for other publications and organizations. Many of these articles are posted on this website.