Clarence Mervin "Merv" Leitch (January 13, 1926 – June 30, 1990) was a former lawyer and provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada.
He won a hotly contested race in the new electoral district of Calgary-Egmont to pick up the seat for the Progressive Conservative party who would form government that election.
[3] Leitch included a "notwithstanding clause", which inspired Section 33 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
[5] Leitch was appointed to the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources portfolio and held that until he retired from provincial politics at dissolution of the legislature in 1982.
[6] With the support and direction of former Premier Peter Lougheed and other friends, The University of Calgary created a lecture series, now the Merv Leitch Q.C.