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Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
About Wishart Spence
- Wishart Flett Spence, (March 9, 1904 – April 16, 1998) was a puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. Born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of James Houston Spence and Margaret Hackland, Spence received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of Toronto in 1925.
- He studied law at Osgoode Hall Law School and was called to the Ontario Bar in 1928.
- In 1929, Spence received his Masters of Law from Harvard Law School.
- Spence practised law in Toronto and was a part-time lecturer at Osgoode Hall.
- In 1950, he was appointed to the High Court of Justice of Ontario. On May 30, 1963, Spence was appointed to the Supreme Court.
- In 1966, he chaired the royal commission investigating the Munsinger Affair, which involved allegations that an East German spy had been sleeping with Canadian Cabinet ministers.
- Spence criticised the way the Diefenbaker government had handled the matter, but found no evidence of criminal wrongdoing or security breaches.
- In the 1970s, Spence frequently joined with Chief Justice Bora Laskin and Justice Brian Dickson on cases involving civil liberties, often in dissent.
- The grouping was colloquially referred to as the "LSD connection."Spence retired from the Court on December 29, 1978.
- In 1979, he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada. Spence died on April 16, 1998, at the age of 94.
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