John William Ritchie

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John William Ritchie

John William Ritchie , QC (born March 26, 1808 in Annapolis Royal , Nova Scotia , † December 13, 1890 in Halifax ) was a Canadian politician and judge . As one of the fathers of the Confederation , he was one of the pioneers of the Canadian state founded in 1867. From 1867 to 1870 he was a senator , then a judge.

biography

The son of Thomas Ritchie, a judge and member of the Nova Scotia House of Representatives , received part of his schooling from a private tutor. He later studied law at the law firm of his uncle James William Johnston (then there were in Nova Scotia no law faculty) and received 1831 admission as a lawyer . In 1836 he stood for the first time, but was defeated. A year later, he was appointed legal assistant to the House of Representatives; he held this position until 1860.

Ritchie was the founder of the Union Bank of Halifax in 1856 and was director of that financial institution until 1866. From 1863 he was a member of the board of directors of Dalhousie University . Charles Tupper appointed Ritchie to the government of Nova Scotia as attorney general in May 1864. In December 1866 he took part in the London Conference , where the creation of a federal state in British North America was discussed. As a faction leader, he secured the approval of the House of Lords to join Nova Scotia. Canadian Prime Minister John Macdonald named Ritchie a senator in October 1867 . He resigned his parliamentary mandate in September 1870 and then served until 1882 as a judge at the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia.

His younger brother, William Johnstone Ritchie, was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada from 1879 to 1892 .

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SURNAME Ritchie, John William
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian politician
DATE OF BIRTH March 26, 1808
PLACE OF BIRTH Annapolis Royal , Nova Scotia
DATE OF DEATH December 13, 1890
Place of death Halifax (Nova Scotia)