Lawyer.
Born at Winnipeg on 24 April 1936, son of Hymie Myers (?-?) and Rose Myers (1910-1986), he graduated from the Manitoba Law School in 1962 and worked for three years as a crown attorney with the office of the Manitoba Attorney General. He then practiced labour law as a partner with Abraham Lionel Weinberg in the firm Myers Weinberg and later with Pollock Nurgitz Skwark Bromley and Myers (c1978). He was made a Queen's Counsel in 1972.
He was the first Chair of the Manitoba Human Rights Commission (1974-1978) and appeared before numerous other commissions. He taught classes in labour relations and administrative law at the University of Manitoba and a bar admissions course on criminal evidence. He chaired the labour relations subsection of the Canadian Bar Association (Manitoba Branch). He co-founded and was President of the Canadian Association of Labour Lawyers. He retired in 2001, after which he chaired the Automobile Injury Compensation Appeal Commission. He served as President of the YMHA Community Centre and was a member of the Board of Regents at the University of Winnipeg.
On 29 May 1960, he married Sharon and they subsequently had two sons and a daughter.
He died at Winnipeg on 24 March 2026 and was buried in the Shaarey Zedek Cemetery. He is commemorated by the Mel Myers Labour Law Conference established in 2023 by his former law firm.
Obituary [Rose Myers], Winnipeg Free Press, 21 October 1986, page 51.
Mel Myers, LancasterHouse.
In memoriam Mel Myers, Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada, 27 March 2026.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 18 April 2026.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 18 April 2026
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