George Edwin King
Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada | |
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| In office September 21, 1893 – May 8, 1901 | |
| Nominated by | John Sparrow David Thompson |
| Preceded by | Christopher Salmon Patterson |
| Succeeded by | Louis Henry Davies |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 8, 1839 Saint John, New Brunswick |
| Died | May 7, 1901 (aged 61) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Political party | Confederation Party |
| Spouse |
Lydia Eaton (m. 1866) |
| Children | 1 son and 1 daughter |
| Residence(s) | Metcalfe St, Ottawa |
| Alma mater | Wesleyan University |
| Profession | Lawyer |
George Edwin King (October 8, 1839 – May 7, 1901) was a
puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
.
King was born in Saint John, New Brunswick and attended Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, where he received a B.A. in 1859 and a M.A. in 1862. He then served under articles to a senior lawyer in Saint John, Robert Leonard Hazen, was made an attorney in 1863, and was called to the bar in 1865.
King was elected to the first provincial
George L. Hathaway with King taking a position in the new cabinet. When Hathaway died in 1872, King became Premier
for a second time serving until 1878.
One of King's major accomplishments was the
Maher v. Town Council of Portland
, which upheld the Act.
In 1880 he became a justice of the province's
Court of Queen's Bench of New Brunswick, and in 1893 he became a justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
.
On his death in 1901, of a work-related heart attack,[1] he was interred in the Fernhill Cemetery in Saint John, New Brunswick.
| 1878 Canadian federal election: City and County of St. John | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Elected | ||||
| Liberal | Isaac Burpee | 2,686 | – | 
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| Liberal | Charles Wesley Weldon | 2,449 | – |
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| Unknown | George Edwin King | 2,180 | – | |||||
| Liberal | Acalus Lockwood Palmer | 1,981 | – | |||||
References
- ^ "Goes to the Bar Above". The Ottawa Journal. 8 May 1901. p. 9. Retrieved 27 December 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to George Edwin King.
- Supreme Court of Canada Biography
- "George Edwin King". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
- Government of New Brunswick profile of Premier King
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