Lawyer, civil servant.
Born near Napanee, Ontario in 1878, he graduated with an MA degree in Mathematics from Queen's University (1904). He was called to the Manitoba Bar in 1909 and, for three years, had a private law practice. In 1913, he was appointed Deputy Attorney-General of Manitoba and served under ten Attorneys-General until retirement. He was made a King's Counsel in December 1920. On 2 August 1921, he married Clara Mabel Robinson (1880-1956) at Winnipeg. They had no children. He died at the Winnipeg General Hospital on 30 May 1971 and was buried in the Elmwood Cemetery.
“40 barristers and 9 K.C.s don gowns,” Winnipeg Tribune, 23 December 1920, page 1.
Marriage registration, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary [Clara Mabel Allen], Winnipeg Tribune, 4 December 1956, page 22.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 1 June 1971.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 24 May 2024
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