George Edwin King

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George Edwin King (1895)
George Edwin King as Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (May 1896)

George Edwin King (* 8. October 1839 in Saint John , New Brunswick , † 8. May 1901 ) was a Canadian politician of the Conservative Party and a lawyer , who from 1870 to 1871 and again from 1872 to 1878 premier of New Brunswick , and from 1895 until his death in 1911 judge at the Supreme Court of Canada was.

Life

King, son of George King and Mary Ann Fowler, began after school first an undergraduate degree at Wesleyan University in Connecticut , which he finished in 1859 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA). He completed a subsequent postgraduate course there in 1862 with a Master of Arts (MA). He then completed between 1862 and 1865 a then customary study of law in the law firm of Robert Leonard Hazen , who was among other things a member of the Canadian Senate for New Brunswick between 1867 and 1874 . After his legal admission, he settled in 1865 as a lawyer in his native city of Saint John.

1867 King began his political career as he prepares for the Conservative Party member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick was chosen. As the successor to his fellow party members Andrew Rainsford Wetmore , he became Prime Minister of New Brunswick for the first time at the age of 30 on June 9, 1870 and held this office until February 21, 1871, whereupon George Luther Hathaway , who also belonged to the Conservative Party, succeeded him. In addition, he also acted as Attorney General for this province between 1870 and 1878 . As the successor to Hathaway he was then again Prime Minister of New Brunswick on July 5, 1872 and held this office now until May 3, 1878, before John James Fraser was his successor in June 1878 .

In 1880 King was appointed Justice of the Supreme Court of New Brunswick and was also Professor of Law at the University of New Brunswick between 1892 and 1893 . On September 21, 1893, he was appointed Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada by Prime Minister John Thompson . He was a member of the Supreme Court until his death on May 8, 1901.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ New Brunswick: Premiers
  2. ^ Supreme Court of Canada: Judges
personal data
SURNAME King, George Edwin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH October 8, 1839
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint John , New Brunswick
DATE OF DEATH May 8, 1901