Elmer A. Driedger, QC (1913–1985) was a Canadian lawyer and a leading authority on statutory interpretation.
He worked for the Canadian Department of Justice for over a quarter century, rising to Deputy Minister and later became a professor of law at the University of Ottawa.
[1] Elmer A. Driedger was born in Osler, Saskatchewan, 14 January 1913,[2] to a Mennonite family and grew up speaking German as well as English.
Driedger was hired in December 1940 as a librarian for the Supreme Court of Canada, working under Chief Justice Lyman Duff.
His principle of statutory interpretation is the Supreme Court of Canada's preferred approach.