James McGregor Stewart | |
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13th President of the Canadian Bar Association | |
In office 1941–1942 | |
Preceded by | D'Alton Lally McCarthy |
Succeeded by | Gordon Harold Aikins, K.C. |
Coal Controller, Wartime Prices and Trade Board | |
Appointed by | C.D. Howe |
Personal details | |
Born | Pictou, Nova Scotia | June 30, 1889
Died | February 11, 1955 Halifax, Nova Scotia | (aged 65)
Alma mater | Dalhousie Law School |
Profession | Lawyer |
James McGregor Stewart, CBE QC (June 30, 1889 – February 11, 1955) was a corporate lawyer in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Using crutches as a result of polio at age two, Stewart served as head of a Halifax law firm that became the largest law firm in Atlantic Canada and today bears his name, Stewart McKelvey. He also served as the President of the Canadian Bar Association in 1941–42.[1] In 2000, Canadian Lawyer magazine named him one of Canada's ten greatest lawyers.[2]
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