Jack Hall Alliger Lee Fairweather (1878 – 1948) was a lawyer and political figure in New Brunswick

New Brunswick

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, Canada. He represented King's County

Kings County, New Brunswick

Kings County is located in southern New Brunswick, Canada.Both the Saint John and Kennebecasis rivers pass through the county.Dairy farming is an important industry in the area...

 in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

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 from 1930 to 1935 as a Conservative member.

He was born in Rothesay

Rothesay, New Brunswick

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 or Saint John, New Brunswick

Saint John, New Brunswick

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, the son of Authur C. Fairweather, a New Brunswick lawyer, and Annie R. Lee. He was educated at Rothesay Collegiate School

Rothesay Netherwood School

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, the University of New Brunswick

University of New Brunswick

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 and Harvard Law School

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. Fairweather entered practice in Saint John. He married Agnes Clifton Tabor and then married Agnes Charlotte Mackeen after his first wife's death. He served in the Royal Canadian Artillery during World War I

World War I

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. He was defeated in a bid for reelection to the provincial assembly in 1935. Later that year, he was named to the Supreme Court of New Brunswick and served until his death.

His son Gordon

Gordon Fairweather

Robert Gordon Lee Fairweather, OC, ONB, QC was a lawyer and Canadian politician.Fairweather was born in Rothesay, New Brunswick, the son of J.H.A.L. Fairweather and Agnes C. McKeen. Fairweather was educated at Rothesay Collegiate...

served in the provincial assembly and the Canadian House of Commons.