Henry William Newlands (March 19, 1862 – August 9, 1954) was a

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and lawyer, and he served as

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's fourth Lieutenant Governor. Born in March 1862 in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Newlands was called to the Nova Scotia Bar in 1883, after which he would go on to have an important role in the domain of law. That same year, he moved to

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, residing briefly in

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. In 1885, Newlands moved to

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where he practiced law. He also served as inspector of land titles offices in the Northwest Territories as well as law adviser to the Yukon Executive Council. In 1902, Newlands served as Acting Commissioner for several months when Commissioner

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was elected MP for Yukon in the House of Commons of Canada. On February 5, 1904, he was named a

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of the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories, and continued to hold on to the job following the creation of the province of Saskatchewan in 1905. On March 2, 1918, Newlands was named a Judge of the

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. Three years later, Newlands was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Saskatchewan and would remain in office for a decade. Newlands died in 1954.

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Painting of Newlands, 1924
{{DEFAULTSORT:Newlands, Henry 1862 births 1954 deaths Commissioners of Yukon Lieutenant Governors of Saskatchewan Judges in Saskatchewan Members of the Yukon Territorial Council