John William Ritchie

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Hon. John William Ritchie, Q.C. (Senator), April 1868
Hon. John William Ritchie, Q.C. (Senator), April 1868

John William Ritchie (26 March 180813 December 1890) was a Canadian lawyer and politician from Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia. Appointed to the Nova Scotia legislative council as Solicitor General in 1864, he was a delegate to the London Conference on Canadian Confederation and as such is considered one of the Fathers of Confederation. Appointed to the Canadian Senate in 1867, he was a judge of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia from 1873 to 1882.

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