Lyman Duff
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Sir Lyman Poore Duff, was a Canadian lawyer and judge who served as the eighth Chief Justice of Canada. He is the longest serving justice in the Court’s history, sitting for over 37 years, first as a
Duff in 1910
Bust of Duff in the Supreme Court of Canada building.
Duff poses with his bust at its official unveiling on September 5, 1947. In the photo (from left to right): J.L. Ilsley, J.C. McRuer, Duff, John T. Hackett, K.C., Prime Minister W.L. Mackenzie King and Chief Justice Thibaudeau Rinfret.
Thibaudeau Rinfret
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Thibaudeau Rinfret was a Canadian jurist who served as the ninth Chief Justice of Canada from 1944 to 1954 and briefly as Administrator of Canada from January to February 1952. He also served as a pui
Lyman Duff
…Privately, Duff told friends that he was feeling his age. Duff retired as Chief Justice on January 7, 1944, after 37 years on the bench. The next day, Thibaudeau Rinfret the senior justice on the Court was appointed Chief Justice. In 1947, the Government of Canada began seriously investigating the abolishment of the…
Justice Rinfret, c. 1950