Sir Charles Fitzpatrick was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the fifth Chief Justice of Canada from 4 June 1906 to 21 October 1918, appointed directly to the role by Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier without prior judicial experience, a distinction he shared only with the first Chief Justice, William Buell Richards. Born on 19 December 1851, he had earlier served as a member of Parliament for Quebec County, as Solicitor General of Canada from 1896 to 1902, and as Minister of Justice from 1902 to 1906, and after leaving the court he served as Lieutenant Governor of Quebec from 1918 to 1923. He died on 17 June 1942.
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He was educated at Collège de Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, and later Laval University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1873 and a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1876, graduating with the Dufferin Silver Medal.
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Sir Charles Fitzpatrick was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the fifth Chief Justice of Canada from 4 June 1906 to 21 October 1918, appointed directly to the role by Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier without prior judicial experience, a distinction he shared only with the first Chief Justice, William Buell Richards.
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Charles Fitzpatrick, was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as Minister of Justice of Canada, as Chief Justice of Canada and then as Lieutenant Governor of Quebec.
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was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as Min
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Wikidata Q443059, P569 date of birth claim (year)
P569 (date of birth): 1851
Wikidata Q443059, P569 date of birth claim (full date)
P569 (date of birth): 1851-12-19
Wikidata Q443059, P570 date of death claim (year)
P570 (date of death): 1942
Wikidata Q443059, P570 date of death claim (full date)
P570 (date of death): 1942-06-17
Wikidata Q443059, P19 place of birth claim
P19 (place of birth): Sainte-Foy
Wikidata Q443059, P20 place of death claim
P20 (place of death): Quebec City
- Member Of: Supreme Court of Canada, Wikipedia category: Chief justices of Canada
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