Wallace Nesbitt

Wallace Nesbitt
K.C.
Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
In office
May 16, 1903 – October 4, 1905
Nominated byWilfrid Laurier
Preceded byDavid Mills
Succeeded byJames Maclennan
3rd President of the Canadian Bar Association
In office
1928–1929
Preceded byJ.E. Martin
Succeeded byRichard B. Bennett
5th President of the Ontario Bar Association
In office
1923–1927
Preceded byGeorge P. Henderson, K.C.
Succeeded byNewton W. Rowell, K.C.
Personal details
Born(1858-05-13)May 13, 1858
Woodstock, Canada West
DiedApril 7, 1930(1930-04-07) (aged 71)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Alma materOsgoode Hall

Wallace Nesbitt, KC (May 13, 1858 – April 7, 1930) was a Canadian lawyer and puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.

Born in Woodstock, Canada West (now Ontario), the son of John W. Nesbitt and Mary Wallace, he was called to the Ontario Bar in 1881. A practising lawyer, he was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada in 1903. He served for two years until he resigned in 1905.

Nesbitt served as the president of the Ontario Bar Association from 1923 to 1927,[1] and as national president of the Canadian Bar Association from 1928 to 1929.[2]