John Richard Hyde was a Canadian

Canada

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 soldier, provincial politician and judge.

Education

Born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of George Gordon Hyde

George Gordon Hyde

The Hon. George Gordon Hyde was a noted Quebec Provincial politician, and a prominent lawyer in the city of Montreal.Born in Montreal on January 24, 1883, he obtained a law degree from McGill University, and was called to the Quebec Bar 21 August 1908. He became well known in the fields of...

, a Quebec MNA and member of the Legislative Council of Quebec

Legislative Council of Quebec

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, and Lilian Boronow, he studied at the Royal Military College of Canada

Royal Military College of Canada

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 from 1930 to 1934. He studied law at Cambridge University from 1934 to 1935 and the Université de Montréal

Université de Montréal

The Université de Montréal is a public francophone research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It comprises thirteen faculties, more than sixty departments and two affiliated schools: the École Polytechnique and HEC Montréal...

 from 1935 to 1938. He was called to the Quebec Bar in 1938.

Career

He practiced law with his father at law firm of Hyde and Ahern (now called Ahern, Lalonde, Nuss & Drymer). During World War II

World War II

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, he served with the Royal Canadian Artillery in France

France

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 and Belgium

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. After the war, he resumed his law practice and remained in the reserves eventually reaching the rank of Brigadier-General.

He was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec

National Assembly of Quebec

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 representing the riding of Westmount-Saint-Georges in a 1955 by-election

By-election

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. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1956

Quebec general election, 1956

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, 1960

Quebec general election, 1960

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, 1962

Quebec general election, 1962

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, and 1966

Quebec general election, 1966

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. He was Speaker of the National Assembly

President of the National Assembly of Quebec

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 from January 9, 1962 to October 14, 1965. From 1965 to 1966, he was the Minister of Revenue in the cabinet of Jean Lesage

Jean Lesage

Jean Lesage, PC, CC, CD was a lawyer and politician in Quebec, Canada. He served as the 19th Premier of Quebec from 22 June 1960, to 16 August 1966...

. In 1971 he was made a judge of the Provincial Court

Provincial Court

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. He retired in 1982.

He died in Kanata, Ontario

Kanata, Ontario

Situated in the Ottawa Valley, Kanata is located about west-southwest of Downtown Ottawa along Highway 417 at a latitude of 45°18' North and a longitude of 75°55' West, with an area of . Its northern end is just to the west of the Ottawa River....

in 2003.