John Henderson Lamont (November 12, 1865 – March 10, 1936) was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and Justice of the

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. Born in Horning's Mills, Canada West (now Ontario), the son of Duncan Carmichael Lamont and Margaret Robson Henderson, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1892 and a

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degree in 1893 from the University of Toronto. In 1893, he was called to the Bar of Ontario.

Career

He practised law in Toronto until 1899 when he moved to

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(now Saskatchewan) and co-founded a law firm. In 1902, he became a Crown Prosecutor. In 1904, he was elected as a Liberal candidate to the

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representing the riding of Saskatchewan (Provisional District), Northwest Territories. In this election he defeated Conservative Thomas McKay who had been elected first mayor of Prince Albert in the 1880s. He resigned on September 5, 1905 and was elected as a Liberal to represent the district of

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in the first election of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. He was also appointed Attorney General. In 1907, he was appointed to the Supreme Court of Saskatchewan. From 1918 to 1927, he was a Justice of the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal. On April 2, 1927, he was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada. He served until his death in 1936.

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is named in his honour.

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Supreme Court of Canada biography
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lamont, John Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Saskatchewan Members of the House of Commons of Canada from the Northwest Territories 1865 births 1936 deaths Saskatchewan Liberal Party MLAs Attorneys-General of Saskatchewan University of Toronto alumni University of Toronto Faculty of Law alumni