William Henderson (Canadian politician)

William J. Henderson
Member of Parliament
for Kingston City
In office
June 1949 – August 1953
Preceded byThomas Kidd
Succeeded byDistrict redistributed
Member of Parliament
for Kingston
In office
August 1953 – March 1958
Preceded byDistrict created
Succeeded byEdgar Benson
Personal details
Born
William James Orton Henderson

(1916-10-13)13 October 1916
Empress, Alberta, Canada
Died15 May 2006(2006-05-15) (aged 89)
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Political partyLiberal
SpouseHelen MacDougall (m. 1943–1982, her death)[1]
Professionbarrister, judge, lawyer

William James Orton Henderson MBE[2][3] (13 October 1916 – 15 May 2006) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Empress, Alberta and became a soldier, barrister, lawyer and Supreme Court of Ontario judge.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference KWSObit was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "No. 37442". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 January 1946. p. 631.
  3. ^ "The Late Justice William J. Henderson, OBE". Debates of the Senate (Hansard). Parliament of Canada. 16 May 2006. Retrieved 18 June 2009.