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Thomas Wardlaw Taylor

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Preceded by
  
Lewis Wallbridge


Role
  
Lawyer

Name
  
Thomas Taylor

Resigned
  
1899

Born
  
March 25, 1833 Auchtermuchty, Scotland (
1833-03-25
)

Died
  
March 2, 1917, Hamilton, Canada

Books
  
The Orders of the Court of Chancery for Upper Canada, and of the Court of Error and Appeal: With the Provincial Statutes Relating to the Practice of These Courts, Notes and Forms

Succeeded by
  
Albert Clements Killam

Education
  
University of Edinburgh

Sir Thomas Wardlaw Taylor (March 25, 1833 – March 2, 1917) was a Canadian lawyer and judge.

Born in Auchtermuchty, Scotland, he studied at Edinburgh University, and was admitted to the Upper Canadian bar in 1858. From 1872 to 1883 he was Master of Chancery, and from 1883 to 1887 puisne judge of the Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench. He was the presiding judge at the 1885 trial of Manitoba Métis leader Louis Riel.

From 1887 to 1899 Taylor was Chief Justice of Manitoba, and in 1890 and 1893 was administrator of the provincial government. He made an extensive study of equity jurisprudence, on which subject he published a volume of Commentaries (1875). He was the author of Chancery Statutes and Orders and The Public Statutes Relating to the Presbyterian Church, and more.

He is commemorated by Wardlaw Avenue in Winnipeg.

References

Thomas Wardlaw Taylor Wikipedia