Frederick William Johnson (February 13, 1917 – June 20, 1993) was a

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lawyer, judge, and the

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Life

Born in

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, the son of a clergyman, he emigrated to Canada with his family settling in

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when he was eleven. He taught school in Grenfell before serving as an artillery officer during

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, achieving the rank of major. After the war, he attended the

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and received a law degree in 1949. He practised law in Regina and was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1963. He ran as a Liberal candidate in the 1960 provincial election, losing to

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. In

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, he ran as a federal

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for the electoral district of

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, losing to Progressive Conservative Kenneth Hamill More. He was appointed to the Court of Queen's Bench in 1965 and from 1977 to 1983 served as Chief Justice of that court. From 1983 to 1988 he was the sixteenth

and was the first chancellor of the

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. His wife Joyce Johnson was an eminent piano teacher. In 1990, he was made an Officer of the

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"for his dedication to the arts, education and the environment and for his contribution to Saskatchewan's history and heritage". In 1991 was awarded the Saskatchewan Order of Merit.

Honorific eponyms

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, Regina

References

1917 births 1993 deaths English emigrants to Canada People from Dudley Candidates in the 1962 Canadian federal election Lieutenant Governors of Saskatchewan Members of the Saskatchewan Order of Merit Officers of the Order of Canada Judges in Saskatchewan Canadian King's Counsel Liberal Party of Canada candidates for the Canadian House of Commons {{Saskatchewan-politician-stub