Edmund Leslie Newcombe

The Honourable Edmund Leslie Newcombe CMG
Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
In office September 16, 1924 – December 9, 1931
Nominated by	William Lyon Mackenzie King
Preceded by	Francis Alexander Anglin
Succeeded by	Oswald Smith Crocket
Deputy Minister of Justice and Deputy Attorney General
In office 1893–1924
Preceded by	Robert Sedgewick
Succeeded by	William Stuart Edwards
Personal details
Born	(1859-02-17)February 17, 1859 Cornwallis, Nova Scotia
Died	December 9, 1931(1931-12-09) (aged 72)
Alma mater	Dalhousie University University of Halifax
Profession	Lawyer

Edmund Leslie Newcombe, CMG (February 17, 1859 – December 9, 1931) was a Canadian lawyer, civil servant, and Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.

Early life

Born in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, the son of John Cumming Newcombe and Abigail H. Calkin, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1878 and a Master of Arts degree in 1881 from Dalhousie University. He received a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1881 from the short-lived University of Halifax.[1][2]

Career

In 1882, he was called to the Nova Scotia Bar and started to practise law.

In 1893, he became Deputy Minister of Justice and was called to the Ontario Bar, and was appointed Queen's Counsel shortly after. As Deputy Minister, he "was responsible for all the legal work of the government of Canada".[1] He frequently appeared in person in front of the Supreme Court of Canada and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, appearing in more than thirty cases in front of the latter.

He was appointed a CMG in 1909.[3]

On September 20, 1924, Newcombe was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada.[4] He served until his death in 1931.

Selected judgments

• Reference re Validity of the Combines Investigation Act and of s. 498 of the Criminal Code, [1929] SCR 409

References

1. Girard, Philip (2016). "Newcombe, Edmund Leslie". In Cook, Ramsay; Bélanger, Réal (eds.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. XVI (1931–1940) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
2. "The Honourable Edmund Leslie Newcombe". Supreme Court of Canada. September 4, 2008.
3. "No. 28263". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 June 1909. p. 4855.
4. Edwards, W. Stuart (December 1931). "The Late Honourable Edmund Leslie Newcombe, C.M.G." The Canadian Bar Review. IX (10): 737–739.

External links

• Supreme Court of Canada biography