Lyman Duff
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The Right Honourable Sir Lyman Duff GCMG PC QC |
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Lyman Poore Duff in 1910
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| 8th Chief Justice of Canada | |
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In office March 17, 1933 – January 7, 1944 |
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| Nominated by | Richard B. Bennett |
| Preceded by | Francis Anglin |
| Succeeded by | Thibaudeau Rinfret |
| Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada | |
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In office September 27, 1906 – March 17, 1933 |
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| Nominated by | Wilfrid Laurier |
| Preceded by | Robert Sedgewick |
| Succeeded by | Frank Hughes |
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Lyman Poore Duff January 7, 1865 Meaford, Ontario |
| Died | April 26, 1955 (aged 90) Ottawa, Ontario |
| Alma mater | University of Toronto, Osgoode Hall Law School |
Sir Lyman Poore Duff GCMG PC QC (7 January 1865 – 26 April 1955) was the eighth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. He was the longest serving justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.
Born in Meaford, Canada West (now Ontario) to a Congregationalist minister, Duff received a Bachelor of Arts in mathematics and metaphysics from the University of Toronto in 1887. After graduation, he taught at Barrie Collegiate Institute while studying for the bar. Duff later took courses at Osgoode Hall Law School and was called to the Ontario Bar in 1893.
Duff practiced as a lawyer in Fergus, Ontario after being called to the bar. In 1895, Duff moved to Victoria, British Columbia and continued his career there. In 1895, he was made a Queen's Counsel.
In 1904, he was appointed a puisne judge of the Supreme Court of British Columbia. In 1906 was appointed a justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. He was appointed Chief Justice of Canada in 1933, succeeding to Chief Justice Anglin. On January 14, 1914, he was appointed to Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council. Duff was the first Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada to be appointed to the Imperial Privy Council. In 1924 he was elected honorary bencher of Gray's Inn, at the recommendation of Lord Birkenhead.
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