April 26, 1955(1955-04-26) (aged 90) Ottawa, Ontario
Alma mater
University of Toronto Osgoode Hall Law School
Sir Lyman Poore Duff, GCMG, PC, PC(UK) (7 January 1865 – 26 April 1955) was a Canadian lawyer and judge who served as the eighth Chief Justice of Canada. He was the longest-serving justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.[1]
^David Ricardo Williams. "Sir Lyman Poore Duff". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
Sir Lyman Poore Duff, GCMG, PC, PC(UK) (7 January 1865 – 26 April 1955) was a Canadian lawyer and judge who served as the eighth Chief Justice of Canada...
absence of the sitting viceroy, or for any other reason: Chief Justice LymanDuff between the death of Lord Tweedsmuir and the arrival of Lord Athlone (February...
governor general. This has happened on four occasions: chief justices LymanDuff and Robert Taschereau each did so, in 1940 and 1967 respectively, following...
Ambassadors and diplomats. Sir LymanDuff served as administrator on two occasions. The first was in 1931, while Duff was still a puisne justice, between...
service on the Court for the 81 non-incumbent justices ranges from Sir LymanDuff's 37 years, 101 days, to the 232-day tenure of John Douglas Armour. The...
of seals or badges to be adopted as distinguishing marks. January 7 – LymanDuff, jurist and Chief Justice of Canada (died 1955) February 10 – Richard...
honoured posthumously at a 1955 meeting of the CBA in Ottawa, along with Sir LymanDuff and others. He was a businessman, serving as a director of the board of...
Cory, former Puisne Judge and former Chancellor of York University Sir LymanDuff, former Chief Justice Frank Joseph Hughes, former Puisne Judge Wilfred...
playwright April 24 – Walter Seymour Allward, sculptor (b. 1876) April 26 – LymanDuff, jurist and Chief Justice of Canada (b. 1865) May 10 – Tommy Burns, only...
used to help interpret the British North America Act. Chief Justice Lyman P. Duff, in his opinion, consulted what he believed to be "the most authoritative"...
Nominated by W. L. Mackenzie King Preceded by Louis Henry Davies Succeeded by LymanDuff Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada In office February 23, 1909 –...
Idington, LymanDuff, Francis Alexander Anglin, Louis-Philippe Brodeur, Pierre-Basile Mignault Reasons given Majority Idington J. Concurrence Duff J. Concurrence...
Web of Science List of Most Highly Cited Researchers 2020 ATVB George LymanDuff Memorial Lecture Award 2021 Web of Science List of Most Highly Cited Researchers...
blocked, and a freight train crashed into the rear of the passenger train. LymanDuff was sworn in as the new Chief Justice of Canada, having served on the...
Francis Alexander Anglin (1865–1933) September 16, 1924 – February 27, 1933 LymanDuff (1865–1955) March 17, 1933 – January 6, 1944 Thibaudeau Rinfret (1879–1962)...
producer Henry Lumley Drayton, 1880s - Minister of Finance, 1919–1921 Sir LymanDuff - Chief Justice of Canada 1933 - knighted William Finlayson - Ontario...
1933 – February 13, 1935 Nominated by Richard Bedford Bennett Preceded by LymanDuff Succeeded by Patrick Kerwin Personal details Born (1883-11-26)November...
librarian for the Supreme Court of Canada, working under Chief Justice LymanDuff. He joined the Department of Justice in December 1941, where he became...
leader, role in War of 1812 1928 Charles Carter Drury Naval leader 1938 LymanDuff Chief Justice, constitutional expert 1971 Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood...
Cmd. 2214 Special reference Dunedin, Blanesburgh, Lawrence Jenkins, LymanDuff, Adrian Knox Four questions were submitted in advance and a supplementary...
Award, 1954, for outstanding contributions to heart disease research. The LymanDuff Lectureship Award of the American Heart Association in 1965, for research...
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