James Lorimer Ilsley

James Lorimer Ilsley

James Lorimer Ilsley , PC (UK) , PC , KC (born January 3, 1894 in Somerset , Nova Scotia - † January 14, 1967 ) was a Canadian attorney , judge and politician of the Liberal Party who was a member of the House of Commons for 22 years , several times Minister in the 16th Canadian Cabinet of Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King and from 1950 until his death in 1967 President of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia.

Life

After attending school, Ilsley first completed an undergraduate degree , which he completed with a Bachelor of Arts (BA). He completed a subsequent postgraduate study of law at Laval University with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), a Doctor of Civil Law (DCL) and a Doctor of Law (LL.D.) and then took up a position as Barrister up. For his lawyer's merits, he later became Attorney-General (King's Counsel) appointed.

In the election of September 14, 1926 Ilsley was elected for the first time for the Liberal Party in the constituency of Hants-Kings as a member of the House of Commons and was re-elected in the elections on July 28, 1930 and October 14, 1935 .

On October 23, 1935, Michaud was appointed by Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King to the 16th Canadian Cabinet , and took over the post of Minister for National Income in this until July 7, 1940. In addition, he was the managing post minister from May 23 to July 7, 1940. In the election of March 26, 1940 , he was re-elected to the House of Commons in the Digby-Annapolis-Kings constituency and re-elected in this constituency in the June 11, 1945 election.

On July 8, 1940, King appointed him Treasury Secretary and Treasurer in his cabinet. He held these offices until December 9, 1946, when he was appointed Attorney General and Attorney General by Prime Minister King on December 10, 1946. In 1946 he became a member of the United Kingdom's Privy Council . During this time he was from January 30, 1947 to June 30, 1948 also co-chair of a joint special committee of the House of Commons and Senate for human and fundamental rights. On June 30, 1948, he resigned from his ministerial offices for personal reasons and also resigned his lower house mandate on October 28, 1948, in order to resume his work as a lawyer. his personal assistants as ministers included Douglas Abbott and Robert Mayhew , who later also became MPs and federal ministers.

As the successor to Joseph Andrew Chisholm , who died on January 22, 1950 , Ilsley became President of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia in 1950 and held this judicial office until his death on January 14, 1967. His successor was then Lauchlin Daniel Currie , who was previously a judge at this Supreme Court. Ilsley also served as chairman of the Royal Commission on Patents, Copyright, Trademarks and Industrial Designs between 1954 and 1960.

Web links

• James Lorimer Ilsley - biographical information on the website of the Canadian Parliament (English)
• Canadian Ministries at rulers.org