Helen Kinnear | |
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Personal details | |
Born | Cayuga, Ontario | May 6, 1894
Died | April 25, 1970 Port Colborne, Ontario | (aged 75)
Nationality | Canadian |
Education | Osgoode Hall Law School |
Helen Alice Kinnear, QC (May 6, 1894 – April 25, 1970)[1] was a Canadian lawyer and judge. She was the first woman in the British Commonwealth to be made a King's Counsel, the first female lawyer to argue before the Supreme Court of Canada, and the first woman appointed as a judge by the Government of Canada.[1]