James Wilfred Estey (December 1, 1889 – January 22, 1956) was a Canadian

Canada

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 lawyer, politician, and jurist.

Born in Keswick Ridge, New Brunswick

Keswick Ridge, New Brunswick

Keswick Ridge is a Canadian rural community in York County, New Brunswick. First settled by the sons and daughters of the Loyalist from the Massachusetts, the cummunity still maintains its Loyalist roots....

, the son of Byron Leslie Estey and Sarah Ann Kee, he received a Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Arts

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 from the University of New Brunswick

University of New Brunswick

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 in 1910. In 1915, he received a Bachelor of Law from Harvard University

Harvard University

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 in 1915. On 1917, he was called to the Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

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 bar . He practiced law as a Crown Prosecutor until 1929. He also taught law and economics at the University of Saskatchewan

University of Saskatchewan

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.

In 1934

Saskatchewan general election, 1934

The Saskatchewan general election of 1934 was the eighth provincial election held in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on June 19, 1934, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan....

, he was elected

Saskatoon City (provincial electoral district)

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 to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan

Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan

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 as a Liberal

Saskatchewan Liberal Party

The Saskatchewan Liberal Party is a liberal political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.-Early history :The party dominated Saskatchewan politics for the province's first forty years providing six of the first seven Premiers, and being in power for all but five of the years between the...

. From 1934 to 1941, he was the Minister

Executive Council of Saskatchewan

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 of Education. From 1939 to 1944

Saskatchewan general election, 1944

The Saskatchewan general election of 1944 was the tenth provincial election in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on June 15, 1944 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan....

, he was the Attorney General.

He was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada on October 6, 1944 and served until his death in 1956. He was the second Saskatchewan judge of the Supreme Court (the first was John Henderson Lamont

John Henderson Lamont

John Henderson Lamont was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada....

) and succeeded Sir Lyman Poore Duff

Lyman Poore Duff

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.

He is the father of Willard Estey

Willard Estey

Willard Zebedee "Bud" Estey, was a Canadian justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.Estey was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He was the son of James Wilfred Estey, a puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, and Muriel Baldwin. He studied at the University of Saskatchewan earning a BA in...

, also a justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. He was a Baptist

Baptist

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 and a teetotaller. http://www.thinkrsplaw.com/about_us/history/estey/

External links

• James Wilfred Estey at the Supreme Court of Canada