Maitland Stewart McCarthy
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Orangeville
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, Ontario
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– May 17, 1930) was a politician
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, lawyer
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and judge
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from western Canada
Canada
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Born in Orangeville
Orangeville
Orangeville is the name of several places:In Australia:* Orangeville, New South WalesIn Canada:* Orangeville, OntarioIn the United States:* Orangeville, Illinois* Orangeville, Indiana, hamlet in DeKalb County* Orangeville, New York...
, Ontario
Ontario
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, he was the son of Thomas Anthony Maitland McCarthy, a county court judge, and Jennie Frances Stewart. He studied at Trinity College School
Trinity College School
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in Port Hope
Port Hope, Ontario
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and Trinity University
University of Trinity College
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, receiving a LLB
Bachelor of Laws
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in 1896. He was called to the Ontario bar in 1897 and set up practice in Sarnia
Sarnia, Ontario
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Marriage/Relocation
In 1900, he married Eva Florence Watson. McCarthy moved to CalgaryCalgary
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, then part of the Northwest Territories
Northwest Territories
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, in 1903. He was admitted to the bar and set up practice in Calgary with William L. Walsh.
Politics
Maitland was elected Calgary's first direct member of the Canadian House of CommonsCanadian House of Commons
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after the redistribution prior to the 1904 federal election
Canadian federal election, 1904
The Canadian federal election of 1904 was held on November 3 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 10th Parliament of Canada...
gave Calgary its first direct seat. He was re-elected to a second term in the 1908 Canadian federal election
Canadian federal election, 1908
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Post-politics
After leaving politics, he returned to the practice of law. McCarthy was named King's Counsel in 1913 and, in 1914, he was appointed to the Supreme Court of AlbertaCourt of Queen's Bench of Alberta
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. In 1926, he retired from the bench due to health problems.