George Skeffington Connor, (1810 – April 29, 1863) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Canada West. He was born in

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, Ireland in 1810 and graduated with a law degree from

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. He came to Canada in 1832 and settled near

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. He returned to Ireland in 1834 and was called to the bar there in 1838; he went back to Canada, was called to the bar in 1842 and set up practice with William Hume Blake and

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. In 1850, he was named QC. In 1848, he became professor of law at King's College (later the

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) teaching until 1853. He also served as solicitor for the university and served as chancellor in 1863. In 1857, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly in the South riding of

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; he was elected again in 1861. In 1863, he resigned to become puisne judge in the Court of Queen's Bench. He died in Toronto in 1863 after an epileptic seizure.

External links

Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Connor, George Skeffington 1810 births 1863 deaths Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from Canada West Judges in Ontario 19th-century Irish lawyers Lawyers in Ontario Canadian King's Counsel University of Toronto faculty Chancellors of the University of Toronto Irish emigrants to pre-Confederation Ontario Immigrants to Upper Canada Province of Canada judges Politicians from Dublin (city)