James McGregor Stewart

James McGregor Stewart
C.B.E., Q.C.
13th President of the Canadian Bar Association
In office
1941–1942
Preceded byD'Alton Lally McCarthy
Succeeded byGordon Harold Aikins, K.C.
Coal Controller, Wartime Prices and Trade Board
Appointed byC.D. Howe
Personal details
Born(1889-06-30)June 30, 1889
Pictou, Nova Scotia
DiedFebruary 11, 1955(1955-02-11) (aged 65)
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Alma materDalhousie Law School
ProfessionLawyer

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]

  1. ^ Canadian Bar Association: Past CBA Presidents Archived 2007-02-10 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-18. Retrieved 2012-09-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)