Samuel Henry Strong

Sir Samuel Henry Strong, 1895

Sir Samuel Henry Strong , PC , QC (born August 13, 1825 in Poole , Dorset , England - † August 31, 1909 in Ottawa ) was a Canadian judge . He was a member of the Supreme Court of Canada from 1875 to 1902 and was its chairman ( Chief Justice ) from 1892 .

biography

The son of an Anglican priest emigrated with his family to what was then Upper Canada in 1836 and settled in Bytown (now Ottawa ). After graduating from high school, Strong studied law at Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto . In 1849 he was admitted to the bar and began practicing there. From 1858 he lectured at Osgoode Hall Law School on equity .

Strong was friends with John Macdonald , the first Prime Minister of Canada. In 1869 he commissioned him to work out the legal basis for the creation of the Supreme Court. In the same year he was appointed Vice Chancellor of the Court of Commercial Law of the Province of Ontario , and in 1874 a judge at the local court of appeal.

Prime Minister Alexander Mackenzie appointed him on September 30, 1875 as one of six judges of the newly established Supreme Court. In numerous cases, Strong disagreed with his fellow judges. Whenever possible he tried to strengthen the rights of the provinces vis-à-vis the state, which he succeeded more and more over the years. On December 13, 1892, Prime Minister John Thompson was appointed Chief Justice . He held this office until his resignation on November 18, 1902. On June 26, 1893 he was knighted as a Knight Bachelor .

See also

• List of justices at the Supreme Court of Canada

Web links

• Samuel Henry Strong . In: Dictionary of Canadian Biography . 24 volumes, 1966–2018. University of Toronto Press, Toronto ( English , French ).
• Supreme Court of Canada - Portrait (English) ( Memento of 28 April 2016 Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ^ William Arthur Shaw: The Knights of England. Volume 2, Sherratt and Hughes, London 1906, p. 391.