David Lynch Scott
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David Lynch Scott (21 August 1845 – 26 July 1924) was a Canadian militia officer, lawyer, and judge. He first rose to prominence when he acted as the junior counsel for the crown in the prosecutions of Louis Riel, Big Bear, and Poundmaker following the North-West Rebellion of 1885. He was later to become a justice in the supreme court of the North-West Territories, and in 1907 became a member of the Supreme court of the new province of Alberta. On 15 September 1921, he became the Chief Justice of the Alberta Supreme court.
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