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* {{Cite book|title = The Supreme Court of Canada: History of the Institution|last1 = Snell|first1 = James G. |last2 = Vaughan|first2 = Frederick |publisher = The Osgoode Society|year = 1985|isbn = 978-0-8020-3417-5 |location = Toronto|url = https://archive.org/details/supremecourtofca0000snel|url-access = registration}} |
* {{Cite book|title = The Supreme Court of Canada: History of the Institution|last1 = Snell|first1 = James G. |last2 = Vaughan|first2 = Frederick |publisher = The Osgoode Society|year = 1985|isbn = 978-0-8020-3417-5 |location = Toronto|url = https://archive.org/details/supremecourtofca0000snel|url-access = registration}} |
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Latest revision as of 15:52, 29 September 2025
Supreme Court of Canada judge (1859–1931)
Edmund Leslie Newcombe, CMG (February 17, 1859 – December 9, 1931) was a Canadian lawyer, civil servant, and Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.
Born in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, the son of John Cumming Newcombe and Abigail H. Calkin, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1878 and a Master of Arts degree in 1881 from Dalhousie University. He received a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1881 from the short-lived University of Halifax.[2]
In 1882, he was called to the Nova Scotia Bar and started to practise law.
In 1893, he became Deputy Minister of Justice and was called to the Ontario Bar, and was appointed Queen’s Counsel shortly after. As Deputy Minister, he “was responsible for all the legal work of the government of Canada”. He frequently appeared in person in front of the Supreme Court of Canada and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, appearing in more than thirty cases in front of the latter.
He was appointed a CMG in 1909.[3]
Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
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On September 20, 1924, Newcombe was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada.[4]
Newcombe was considered as a replacement for Chief Justice Louis Henry Davies, and his appointment was backed by Minister of Justice Ernest Lapointe. However, Prime Minister King rejected the proposal, noting that Newcombe was a conservative and there were “plenty of good men in our own [Liberal] ranks.”
He served until his death in 1931.
