Nominated by John Thompson Role Lawyer Nominated by Alexander Mackenzie Spouse Elizabeth Cane | Preceded by None (new position) Name Samuel Strong Resting place Beechwood Cemetery | |
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Preceded by William Johnstone Ritchie Born August 13, 1825
Poole, Dorset, England ( 1825-08-13 ) Died August 31, 1909, Ottawa, Canada | ||
Succeeded by Henri Elzear Taschereau | ||
Sir Samuel Henry Strong, PC, QC (August 13, 1825 – August 31, 1909) was a lawyer and the third Chief Justice of Canada.
Life
Strong was born in Poole, England to Samuel Spratt Strong and Jane Elizabeth Goose. He emigrated to Upper Canada with his family in 1836 settling in Bytown (later known as Ottawa). He studied law in the office of local Ottawa lawyer Augustus Keefer. He was called to the bar in 1849 and established his practice in Toronto. He was elected a bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada in 1860 and was made a QC in 1863.
Following Confederation he advised Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald on the establishment of the Supreme Court of Canada. He was named to the new court when it was created in 1875. He became Chief Justice in 1892 serving until his retirement in 1902, by which time he was the last of the original justices remaining. He died in 1909 at the age of 84 and was buried in Ottawa's Beechwood Cemetery.