| The Right Honourable Sir Lyman Duff GCMG, PC, QC |
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| Lyman Poore Duff in 1910 | |
| 8th Chief Justice of Canada | |
| In office March 17, 1933 – January 7, 1944 |
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| Nominated by | Richard B. Bennett |
| Appointed by | Earl of Bessborough |
| Preceded by | Francis Anglin |
| Succeeded by | Thibaudeau Rinfret |
| Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada | |
| In office September 27, 1906 – March 17, 1933 |
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| Nominated by | Wilfrid Laurier |
| Preceded by | Robert Sedgewick |
| Succeeded by | Frank Hughes |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 7, 1865 Meaford, Ontario |
| Died | April 26, 1955 (aged 90) Ottawa, Ontario |
| Alma mater | University of Toronto |
Sir Lyman Poore Duff, GCMG, PC, QC (January 7, 1865 – April 26, 1955) was the eighth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada and briefly served as Acting Governor General of Canada in 1931 and 1940.
Born in Meaford, Ontario to a Congregationalist minister, he received a Bachelor of Arts in mathematics and metaphysics in 1887 and a Bachelor of Laws in 1889 from the University of Toronto. He was called to the Ontario Bar in 1893. In 1901, he was created a Queen's Counsel. From 1890 to 1895, he was a teacher of math at Barrie Collegiate Institute. He was a lawyer in Fergus, Ontario and moved to Victoria, British Columbia in 1895 to practise law.
In 1904, he was appointed a puisne judge of the Supreme Court of British Columbia. In 1906 was appointed a justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. He was appointed Chief Justice of Canada in 1933 and retired in 1944. On January 14, 1914, he was made a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom.[1]
In 1931, he served as Administrator of the Government of Canada between the departure of Lord Bessborough for India and the arrival of Lord Tweedsmuir. Duff took on the position, as the Chief Justice was unavailable. In 1933, Duff was promoted to Chief Justice. He was made a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael and St. George the following year[2] as a result of Prime Minister Richard Bennett's temporary suspension of the Nickle Resolution.
When Governor General Lord Tweedsmuir died in office on February 11, 1940, according to the rules of succession, Chief Justice Duff became acting Governor General. He held the office for nearly four months, until King George VI appointed a new Governor General on June 21, 1940, acting on the advice of his Canadian Cabinet. Duff was the first Canadian to hold the position, even in the interim. A Canadian Governor General was not appointed until Vincent Massey in 1952.
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| Preceded by The Lord Tweedsmuir |
Acting Governor General of Canada or administrator 1931 and 1940 |
Succeeded by The Earl of Athlone |
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