Henry Hague Judah, (April 28, 1808 – February 10, 1883), was a lawyer and political figure in

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. Judah was among the first Jews to become lawyers in early Canada; the first was a distant cousin, Aaron Ezekiel Hart, son of Ezekiel Hart, called to the bar in 1824. Judah was born in London in 1808. He studied law at

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, was called to the bar in 1829 and set up practice at Trois-Rivières. He married Harline Kimber, the daughter of a doctor René-Joseph Kimber, in 1834. In 1840, he moved his practice to

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. Judah was elected to the

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for Champlain in an 1843 by-election held after his father-in-law was named to the Legislative Council. He was named

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in 1854. He helped found the Montreal City and District Savings Bank (now the

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) and later served as its president. Judah also helped promote the Montreal and Bytown Railway. Judah died at Montreal in 1883. Judah's cousin Ezekiel Hart, was expelled from his seat in the legislative assembly of Lower Canada because he was a Jew. He was also related to Joseph-Rémi Vallières de Saint-Réal's second wife.

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Henry Hague Judah en 1873
{{DEFAULTSORT:Judah, Henry 1808 births 1883 deaths Jewish Canadian politicians Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from Canada East Canadian King's Counsel