Sir Lyman Duff | |
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8th Chief Justice of Canada | |
In office March 17, 1933 – January 6, 1944 | |
Nominated by | Richard B. Bennett |
Appointed by | Earl of Bessborough |
Preceded by | Francis Anglin |
Succeeded by | Thibaudeau Rinfret |
Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada | |
In office September 27, 1906 – March 17, 1933 | |
Nominated by | Wilfrid Laurier |
Appointed by | Earl Grey |
Preceded by | Robert Sedgewick |
Succeeded by | Frank Hughes |
Personal details | |
Born | Lyman Poore Duff January 7, 1865 Meaford, Canada West |
Died | April 26, 1955 Ottawa, Ontario | (aged 90)
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] until Beverley McLachlin’s 17-year tenure from 2000-2017.[2]