Harrison Andrew McKeown was a lawyer, judge and political figure in New Brunswick

New Brunswick

New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...

, Canada. He represented St. John City in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

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 from 1890 to 1895 and from 1899 to 1908 as a Liberal-Conservative. member.

He was born in St. Stephen, New Brunswick

St. Stephen, New Brunswick

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 and educated at Mount Allison University

Mount Allison University

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 and Victoria University

Victoria University in the University of Toronto

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. McKeown was called to the bar in 1884. In 1908, he was named a justice in the Supreme Court of New Brunswick; he was later named the province's Chief Justice. In 1924, McKeown was named chairman of the board of Railway Commissioners after the death of Frank Broadstreet Carvell

Frank Broadstreet Carvell

Frank Broadstreet Carvell, PC was a Canadian lawyer, businessman, and politician.Carvell was born in Woodstock, New Brunswick. His father was a farmer descended from United Empire Loyalists and his mother was an Ulster Protestant. He was educated locally and worked as a teacher...

; he retired from that post in 1931. He also served as dean for the law faculty at the University of New Brunswick

University of New Brunswick

The University of New Brunswick is a Canadian university located in the province of New Brunswick. UNB is the oldest English language university in Canada and among the first public universities in North America. The university has two main campuses: the original campus founded in 1785 in...

from 1922 to 1924.