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Bob Hawkins was first elected as Regina Ward 2 city councillor in 2012 and was returned in 2016 and 2020. He has recently retired as a professor of law from the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy.
Biography
Bob is a past member of the Law Societies of Saskatchewan and Ontario. He holds degrees in history, economics and law from the Universities of Manitoba, Oxford, Toronto, Yale and Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne). He has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate by St. John’s College, University of Manitoba, has published extensively in law journals on constitutional and administrative law, and has received several university teaching awards. He was the fifth president and vice-chancellor of the University of Regina.
Councillor Hawkins has served on numerous bodies including Regina’s Executive Committee, the City Center Core Development Advisory Committee, the Board of the Provincial Capital Commission, the Executive of the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association, the Board of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, the Executive of the Anglican Diocese of Qu’Appelle and as President of the Lakeview Community Association. He is a Past President of the Saskatchewan Children’s Hospital Foundation and of the Children’s Hospital Foundation of London, Ontario.
Civic boards, Committees & Commissions:
- City Center Core Development Advisory Committee
- Provincial Capital Commission
- Regina Public Library Board
- Regina Exhibition Association Limited Board; and
- Catalyst Committee
