Matthew Hutchinson (October 20, 1843 – January 22, 1926) was a

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lawyer, politician, and judge. Born in Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia the son of William Scott Hutchinson and Sarah Marthe Archibald, Hutchinson studied at the London Grammar School in

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before attending

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. He was called to the

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in 1874 and was created a

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in 1899. A practicing lawyer he joined the faculty of McGill University in 1877 where he was a professor. From 1891 to 1893, he was Mayor of Westmount, Quebec. He was acclaimed to the

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in 1900 for the riding of

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. A

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, he did not run in 1904. He was appointed to the

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in 1904. He died in Westmount in 1926 and was buried in the

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1843 births 1926 deaths Canadian King's Counsel Judges in Quebec Lawyers in Quebec McGill University alumni Academic staff of McGill University Quebec Liberal Party MNAs People from the Halifax Regional Municipality Anglophone Quebec people Burials at Mount Royal Cemetery {{Liberal-Quebec-MNA-stub