Joseph Charles Walsh, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
About Joseph Charles Walsh
- Joseph Charles Walsh (December 6, 1868 – August 30, 1960) was a lawyer, judge, journalist and political figure in Quebec.
- He represented St.
- Ann in the House of Commons of Canada from 1906 to 1908 and from 1921 to 1925 as a Liberal.He was born in Montreal, the son of Matthew Walsh and Anastasia O'Brien, and was educated at the Collège Sainte-Marie de Montréal, the Université Laval and McGill University.
- Walsh was admitted to the Quebec bar in 1895 and set up practice in Montreal.
- He contributed to the Montreal Star and Montreal Herald.
- Walsh was secretary for the Montreal bar from 1898 to 1899 and was crown prosecutor for Montreal district from 1910 to 1925.
- He was prosecutor in the murder trial of Adélard Delorme, a Roman Catholic priest accused of murdering his stepbrother.Walsh was first elected to the House of Commons in a 1906 by-election held after the election of Daniel Gallery in 1904 was overturned.
- Walsh was defeated by Charles Joseph Doherty when he ran for reelection in 1908 and 1911.
- Walsh was named judge in the Quebec Superior Court for Montreal district in 1925.
- In 1932, he was named to the Court of King's Bench.
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