Lazarus Phillips
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Lazarus Phillips, O.B.E., Q.C., LL.D. (October 10, 1895 – December 30, 1986) was a Canadian lawyer and Senator.
Born in Montreal, Quebec, he served with the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Siberia during World War I. In 1918, he received a Bachelor of Civil Law from McGill University and was called to the Quebec Bar in 1920. A practicing lawyer, he was a senior partner of the Montreal law firm, Phillips and Vineberg (now Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg).
A member of the Liberal Party of Canada, he ran unsuccessfully for the Canadian House of Commons in the riding of Laurier in a 1943 by-election, losing to Fred Rose. He was called to the senate in 1968 representing the senatorial division of Rigaud, Quebec. He retired in 1970.
A prominent member of the Montreal Jewish community, he was president of the school, United Talmud Torahs of Montreal. He was a director and vice-president of the Royal Bank of Canada.
The Senator Lazarus Phillips Chair in General History in the Faculty of Jewish Studies at Bar-Ilan University is named in his honour. [1]
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