Samuel Henry Strong
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Samuel Henry Strong was an English–Canadian lawyer and judge who served as the third Chief Justice of Canada from 1892 to 1902. He was among the original six justices appointed to the Supreme Court of
Strong in October 1895
Prime Minister John A. Macdonald enlisted Strong to draft the ultimately unsuccessful bill to create the Supreme Court of Canada.
Liberal Prime Minister Alexander Mackenzie appointed Strong to the Court despite Strong's conservative leaning and close friendship with John A. Macdonald.
Prime Minister John Thompson appointed Strong as Chief Justice, despite himself being considered for the position only weeks earlier.
John Wellington Gwynne
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John Wellington Gwynne, was a Canadian lawyer and Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.
Samuel Henry Strong
…in Ontario to examine the fusion of historically separate courts of common law and equity along with other leading judges such as James Robert Gowan, John Wellington Gwynne and Christopher Salmon Patterson. However, Premier Edward Blake dissolved the inquiry in September 1872. On May 27, 1874, Strong was appointed a justice…
The Honourable Mr. Justice John Wellington Gwynne