The Honourable
Fabian Aloysius O'Dea
4th Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland
In office
March 1, 1963 – April 2, 1969
MonarchElizabeth II
Governors GeneralGeorge Vanier
Roland Michener
PremierJoey Smallwood
Preceded byCampbell Macpherson
Succeeded byEwart John Arlington Harnum
Personal details
Born(1918-01-20)January 20, 1918
St. John's, Dominion of Newfoundland
DiedDecember 12, 2004(2004-12-12) (aged 86)
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
NationalityNewfoundlander (until confederation),
Canadian
SpouseConstance Margaret Ewing (1950

Fabian Aloysius O'Dea, QC (January 20, 1918 – December 12, 2004) was a Newfoundland and Canadian lawyer and the fourth lieutenant governor of Newfoundland.

Family

He was the son of John V. O'Dea and May (Coady) O'Dea. In 1950, O'Dea married Constance Margaret (Peggy) Ewing. They had four children; Deborah (1951), Victoria (Viki) (1953), Stephen (1954) and Jane (1956).

Life and career

Born in St. John's, O'Dea was educated at St. Bonaventure's College, Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN), University of Toronto, Dalhousie University and Christ Church, Oxford.

In 1939, he was selected Rhodes Scholar for Newfoundland, but delayed going to Oxford in order to join the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve, where he served as torpedo officer.

In 1945, when he retired from the reserve he attended Oxford for a BCL degree and was admitted to the English Bar at the Inner Temple in 1948.

In 1949, O'Dea was made honorary aide-de-camp to the Governor General of Canada. From 1949 to 1961 he was aide-de-camp to the Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador. In 1963 O'Dea became Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador and a QC.

O'Dea was a member of the Board of Regents for MUN, Vice-President for Newfoundland at the Canadian Bar Association and a member of the Canadian Rhodes Scholarship selection committee. Fabian O'Dea was also a collector of sixteenth to eighteenth century maps of Newfoundland and Labrador.

John R. O'Dea was the brother of Fabian O'Dea.[1] Brian O'Dea was Fabian O'Dea's nephew.[2]

Awards and honours

O'Dea's awards include:[3]

References

  1. ↑ O'Dea, Brian (2006). High: Confessions of an International Drug Smuggler. Toronto, Canada: Random House Canada. pp. 291, 326, 358. ISBN 978-1-59051-331-6 – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ O'Dea, p. 38.
  3. ↑ Poole, Cyril F.; Cuff, Robert, eds. (1993). Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador. Vol. 4. St. John's, Canada: Harry Cuff Publications Ltd. pp. 151–152 – via Memorial University of Newfoundland Digital Archives Initiative.
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