Douglas Charles Abbott, PC

Queen's Privy Council for Canada

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 (May 29, 1899 – March 15, 1987) was a Canadian Member of Parliament and Cabinet Minister. He was born in Lennoxville, Quebec

Lennoxville, Quebec

Lennoxville is an arrondissement, or borough, of the city of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. Lennoxville is located at the confluence of the St. Francis and Massawippi Rivers approximately five kilometers south of downtown Sherbrooke....

. A member of the Liberal Party of Canada

Liberal Party of Canada

The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...

, Abbott served as both Minister of National Defence

Minister of National Defence (Canada)

The Minister of National Defence is a Minister of the Crown; the Canadian politician within the Cabinet of Canada responsible for the Department of National Defence which oversees the Canadian Forces....

 and Minister of Finance

Minister of Finance (Canada)

The Minister of Finance is the Minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who is responsible each year for presenting the federal government's budget...

. He was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada

Supreme Court of Canada

The Supreme Court of Canada is the highest court of Canada and is the final court of appeals in the Canadian justice system. The court grants permission to between 40 and 75 litigants each year to appeal decisions rendered by provincial, territorial and federal appellate courts, and its decisions...

 on July 1, 1954 and served as Puisne Justice

Puisne Justice

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 until December 23, 1973.

As of 2011, Abbott was the last Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada appointed directly to the Court from the Cabinet of Canada

Cabinet of Canada

The Cabinet of Canada is a body of ministers of the Crown that, along with the Canadian monarch, and within the tenets of the Westminster system, forms the government of Canada...

, and the last Justice to have held elected office prior to his appointment.

House of Commons

• 16 May 1940-16 April 1945: St. Antoine—Westmount, Quebec
• 6 September 1945-30 April 1949: St. Antoine—Westmount, Quebec
• 15 September 1949-13 June 1953: St. Antoine—Westmount, Quebec
• 12 November 1953-30 June 1954: Saint-Antoine—Westmount
  Saint-Antoine—Westmount
  St. Antoine—Westmount and Saint-Antoine—Westmount were federal electoral districts in Quebec, Canada, that were represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1968....
  
  , Quebec

Ministry

• 18 April 1945-11 December 1946: Minister of National Defence for Naval Services
• 21 August 1945-11 December 1946: Minister of National Defence
  Minister of National Defence (Canada)
  The Minister of National Defence is a Minister of the Crown; the Canadian politician within the Cabinet of Canada responsible for the Department of National Defence which oversees the Canadian Forces....
  
  
• 10 December 1946-30 June 1954: Minister of Finance and Receiver General

Parliamentary Secretary

• 1 April 1943-7 March 1945: Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Finance
• 8 March 1945-16 April 1945: Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of National Defence

External links

• Supreme Court of Canada's biography