John Wallace de Beque Farris
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The Hon. John Wallace de Beque Farris QC |
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| Senator for Vancouver South, British Columbia | |
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In office 1937–1970 |
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| Appointed by | William Lyon Mackenzie King |
| Attorney General and Minister of Labour, British Columbia | |
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In office 1917–1922 |
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| Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for Vancouver City | |
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In office 1916–1924 |
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| 10th President of the Canadian Bar Association | |
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In office 1937–1938 |
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| Preceded by | Henry Hague Davis |
| Succeeded by | Louis-Émery Beaulieu, K.C. |
| President of the Law Society of British Columbia | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
December 3, 1878 White's Cove, New Brunswick |
| Died | February 25, 1970 (aged 91) Vancouver, British Columbia |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Evlyn Fenwick Farris |
| Relations | Laughlin Farris, New Brunswick M.L.A. (father); John Ferris, M.P.; New Brunswick M.L.A. (grandfather) |
| Children | Katherine Hay, Donald Fenwick, Ralph Keirstead and John Lauchlan Farris, Chief Justice of British Columbia |
| Cabinet |
Provincial: Attorney General (1917-1922) Minister of Labour (1917-1922) President of the Executive Council (1917) |
| Committees | Chair, Standing Committee on Banking and Commerce (1949-1950) |
John Wallace de Beque Farris, QC (December 3, 1878 – February 25, 1970) was a Canadian lawyer and politician.
Born in White's Cove, New Brunswick, the son of Laughlin P. Farris and Louise Hay, he was educated at St. Martin's Seminary, received his Bachelor of Arts from Acadia University and received his Bachelor of Law from the University of Pennsylvania.
In 1905, Farris married Evlyn Fenwick Keirstead of Windsor, Nova Scotia. They had four children : Katherine Hay, Donald Fenwick, Ralph Keirstead and John Lauchlan.
He was called to the British Columbia Bar in 1903. He founded the law firm now called Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP and was the first prosecutor of Vancouver.
In 1907, he ran unsuccessfully for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for the riding of Vancouver. He lost again in 1909 for the riding of Richmond.
He was elected in 1916 as a Liberal MLA for the riding of Vancouver and was re-elected in 1920. From 1917 to 1922, he was the Attorney General and Minister of Labour.
Farris was active in the Canadian Bar Association, serving as President in 1937-38.
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