Maher v Town Council of Portland is a Canadian constitutional law court decision dealing with the constitutional guarantees for denominational schools set out in section 93 of the Constitution Act, 18
The Maher decision was one of the first cases interpreting s. 93 of the British North America Act, 1867
Premier Charles Fisher, whose government introduced the Parish Schools Act. He was later appointed to the Supreme Court of New Brunswick and sat on the challenge to the Common Schools Act. His concurring opinion was upheld by the Judicial Committee.
Attorney General George Edwin King, who introduced the Common Schools Act in the New Brunswick Legislature, and defended it in the courts
Chief Justice Ritchie, who wrote the majority decision upholding the Common Schools Act
London Conference of 1866
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The London Conference was held in London, in the United Kingdom, in 1866. It was the third and final in a series of conferences that led to Canadian Confederation in 1867. Sixteen delegates from the P
Maher v Town Council of Portland
…own reasons. Prior to his appointment to the court, he had been a Father of Confederation and had participated in both the Quebec Conference and the London Conference which had produced the terms of Confederation and the text of the Constitution Act, 1867. He agreed with the majority that the Common Schools Act did…
Delegates meeting in the Westminster Palace Hotel
Fathers of Confederation LAC c 001855