Francis Alexander Anglin was a Canadian lawyer and judge born April 2, 1865 in Saint John, New Brunswick, who built a legal practice in Toronto before joining the Ontario High Court of Justice in 1904 and the Supreme Court of Canada in 1909. He served as a puisne justice until 1924, when he was elevated to Chief Justice of Canada, a post he held until 1933; he is remembered in part for his 1928 ruling in the Persons Case that women were not qualified persons eligible for Senate appointment, a decision later overturned by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. He died March 2, 1933.
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Why is Francis Alexander Anglin's ruling in the Persons case so often criticized?
He held that women were not qualified persons for Senate appointment; the Privy Council overturned him and the ruling is among the Court's most criticized.
In the Persons case, Anglin refused to read the word person in the Constitution Act, 1867 as including women for the purpose of appointments to the Senate of Canada. He treated the question as a political decision for Parliament and held that judges should stay with the language of the Constitution. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council overturned his opinion, with Lord Sankey holding that the term could be read broadly to include women. His opinion is counted among the most criticized decisions in the history of the Supreme Court of Canada.
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Born in Saint John, New Brunswick, he was the son of Timothy Anglin, a prominent politician and Speaker of the House of Commons, and the brother of acclaimed stage actress Margaret Anglin.
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Born in Saint John, New Brunswick, he was the son of Timothy Anglin, a prominent politician and Speaker of the House of Commons, and the brother of acclaimed stage actress Margaret Anglin. After earning degrees in arts and law from the College of Ottawa, Anglin was called to the Ontario Bar in 1888 and quickly established a reputation as a skilled lawyer in Toronto. Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier appointed Anglin to the Ontario High Court of Justice in 1904, and was later elevated to the Supreme Court of Canada in 1909.
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Francis Alexander Anglin (April 2, 1865 - March 2, 1933) was a Canadian lawyer and judge who served as the seventh Chief Justice of Canada from 1924 until 1933.
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Anglin is known as a better than average justice of the Court, who favoured a more expansive interpretation of the federal government's authority in constitutional matters, a position in opposition of the dominate jurisprudence by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.
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Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier appointed Anglin to the Ontario High Court of Justice in 1904, and was later elevated to the Supreme Court of Canada in 1909.
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Wikidata Q1441358, P569 date of birth claim (year)
P569 (date of birth): 1865
Wikidata Q1441358, P569 date of birth claim (full date)
P569 (date of birth): 1865-04-02
Wikidata Q1441358, P570 date of death claim (year)
P570 (date of death): 1933
Wikidata Q1441358, P570 date of death claim (full date)
P570 (date of death): 1933-03-02
Wikidata Q1441358, P19 place of birth claim
P19 (place of birth): Saint John
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P20 (place of death): Ottawa
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