List of people educated at Shawnigan Lake School

A list of notable alumni and staff affiliated with Shawnigan Lake School, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. This list alumni known within fields including artists, athletes, broadcasters, businesspeople, musicians, actors, politicians, scholars, and scientists.

Notable alumni

Artists

• Robert Stewart Hyndman – Artist
• Peter Saul – Artist
• Brendan Tang - Visual Artist, Judge on The Great Canadian Pottery Throw Down

Athletes

• Eloise Blackwel – New Zealand Black Ferns
• Brett Beukeboom – Rugby Canada and Cornish Pirates player
• Hannah Darling – 2016 Olympic bronze medalist, 2015 Pan American Games gold medalist, Rugby Canada player
• Eddie Evans – Rugby Canada player, prop for Canada national team, 1987, 1991, 1995 Rugby World Cups
• Josh Jackson – Rugby Canada player
• Djustice Sears-Duru – Rugby Canada player
• George Hungerford – 1964 Olympic gold medalist, coxless pair
• John Lander – 1928 Olympic gold medalist, coxless four
• John Lecky – 1960 Olympic silver medalist, eight
• Kristopher McDaniel – 2005 & 2007 World Championship bronze medalist, coxless four and pair
• Bryan Donnelly – Team Canada rower, 2000 Olympic Games

Business

• Jim Shaw – CEO of Shaw Communications

Entertainment

• Mark Hobson - Artist
• Jon Kimura Parker – Officer of the Order of Canada, concert pianist
• Mike Little - Juno Award-winning musician
• Noah Mills - Model
• Tara Spencer-Nairn – Actress, Corner Gas

Military

• Rear Admiral Richard H. Leir – Royal Canadian Navy
• Rear Admiral Michael G. Stirling – Royal Canadian Navy
• Lt.-Commander Cornelius Burke - Royal Canadian Navy
• Lt.-Commander T.E. Ladner - Royal Canadian Navy
• Lt.-Commander Douglas Maitland - Royal Canadian Navy

Politics

• The Hon. Henry Pybus Bell-Irving – 23rd Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia
• The Hon. Stephen D. Owen – Federal cabinet minister and Member of Parliament
• The Hon. Nicholas Milliken – Alberta Minister of Infrastructure and Member of the Legislative Assembly
• Robert Murdoch - Executive Assistant to Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau
• Peter Ladner – Vancouver City Councillor

Diplomats

• Anthony Vincent – Canadian Ambassador to Peru
• M. John Sloan - Canadian Ambassador to Russia, Uzbekistan and Armenia
• Nick Coghlan - Canadian Ambassador to South Sudan

Scholars and scientists

• Graham Anderson – Scholar
• Dr. Barry F. Cooper – Political Scientist
• Dr. Steve Deering – Computer Scientist
• Dr. Roger Stanier – Microbiologist

Notable staff

• Tom Brierley – Cricketer
• James Robertson Justice – Actor
• Laura Russell - Canadian national team rugby player
• Leonard Wilde - Educator, Founder of Neuchâtel Junior College
• Jeff Williams - Canadian national team rugby player

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