Samuel Henry Strong

Sir Samuel Henry Strong, PC, QC ( born August 13, 1825 Poole, Dorset, England; † August 31, 1909 in Ottawa ) was a Canadian judge. He was a member from 1875 to 1902 the Supreme Court of Canada, and was its chairman from 1892 ( Chief Justice ).

Biography

The son of an Anglican priest in 1836 emigrated with his family to what was then Upper Canada and settled in Bytown (now Ottawa ) down. After graduation Strong studied law at Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto. In 1849 he was admitted to the bar and began practicing there. From 1858 he taught at the Osgoode Hall Law School on equity.

Strong was with Sir John A. Macdonald, the first Prime Minister of Canada, friends. This gave him in 1869 the task of working out the legal basis for the creation of the Supreme Court. In the same year he was appointed Vice-Chancellor of Justice of Economic Law of the Province of Ontario, 1874 to the judge at the local court of appeal.

Prime Minister Alexander Mackenzie appointed him on September 30, 1875 one of the six judges of the newly introduced Supreme Court. In many cases, Strong disagreed with his fellow judges. Whenever possible, he tried to strengthen the rights of the provinces against the State, which he succeeded in increasing frequency over the years. On 13 December 1892, the appointment would come to the Chief Justice by Prime Minister John Thompson. This office he held until his resignation on 18 November 1902.