Lawrence Pennell
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The Honourable Lawrence T. Pennell PC, QC |
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| Canadian House of Commons | |
| Member of Parliament for Brant—Haldimand |
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In office September 27, 1962 – April 4, 1968 |
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| Preceded by | John A. Charlton |
| Minister Without Portfolio | |
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In office July 7, 1965 – September 30, 1966 |
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| Solicitor General of Canada | |
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In office July 7, 1965 – April 19, 1968 |
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| Preceded by | John Watson MacNaught |
| Succeeded by | John Turner |
| Judge of the Supreme Court of Ontario | |
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In office 1968–1985 |
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| Chancellor of McMaster University | |
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In office 1971–1977 |
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| Preceded by | Argue Martin |
| Succeeded by | Allan Leal |
| Personal details | |
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March 11, 1915 Brantford, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | August 9, 2008 (aged 93) Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Anne Andrews |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Lawrence T. Pennell, PC, QC (March 15, 1914 – August 9, 2008) was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and jurist.
Born in Brantford, Ontario, the youngest of six children of English immigrants John and Agnes Pennell, Pennell grew up on a farm near Smithville, Ontario. After graduating from Smithville High School, he worked at Dofasco for two years before attending McMaster University where he majored in political science and economics. After graduating in 1938, he studied law at Osgoode Hall Law School.
He married Anne Andrews, a registered nurse, in 1943.
During World War II, he served in the Royal Canadian Air Force first as an instructor at the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan in Edmonton, Alberta, and then hunting for submarines in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, based in Scotland, and in the west coast of Africa.
After the war, he was called to the Ontario Bar and practiced law in Brantford.
Pennell was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons as Liberal Member of Parliament for Brant—Haldimand in the 1962 election.
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