Editing Sinclair Stevens (section)

==Early life==
He was born in Esquesing Township (today part of [[Halton Hills]], [[Ontario]]), the third child of Northern Irish immigrants Robert Murray Stevens and Anna Bailey McKnight. The family later moved near [[Kleinburg, Ontario]].<ref>McQueen, pp26-28.</ref>

He attended [[Weston Collegiate Institute]] and later, the [[University of Western Ontario]], class of 1950. He was active in the student newspaper and the model Parliament. He entered [[Osgoode Hall Law School]], where he met his fellow student and future wife Noreen Mary Terese Charlebois. Noreen was one of just five women in their class. They graduated in 1955 and married in 1958. From his university days until he articled, he was a part-time reporter for the [[Toronto Star]].<ref>McQueen, pp30-32.</ref> Stevens articled with Toronto law firm Fraser & Beatty. He later formed his own firm Stevens, Hassard & Elliot.