James Wilfred Estey
James Wilfred (Bill) Estey (December 1, 1889 – January 22, 1956) was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and jurist.
Born in Keswick Ridge, New Brunswick, the son of Byron Leslie Estey and Sarah Ann Kee, he received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of New Brunswick in 1910. In 1915, he received a Bachelor of Law from Harvard University in 1915. On 1917, he was called to the Saskatchewan bar . He practiced law as a Crown Prosecutor until 1929. He also taught law and economics at the University of Saskatchewan.
In 1934, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Liberal. From 1934 to 1941, he was the Minister of Education. From 1939 to 1944, he was the Attorney General.
He was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada on October 6, 1944 and served until his death in 1956. He was the second Saskatchewan judge of the Supreme Court (the first was John Henderson Lamont) and succeeded Sir Lyman Poore Duff.
He is the father of Willard Estey, also a justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. He was a Baptist and a teetotaller. [1]
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| Preceded by James Thomas Milton Anderson and Howard McConnell |
Member of the Legislative Assembly for Saskatoon City 1934–1944 Served alongside: Robert Mitford Pinder |
Succeeded by John H. Sturdy and Arthur T. Stone |
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| Preceded by Thibaudeau Rinfret/Henry Hague Davis |
Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada October 6, 1944 – January 22, 1956 |
Succeeded by Henry Grattan Nolan |
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