John Alexander Boyd, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian judge
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Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
About John Alexander Boyd
- Sir John Alexander Boyd, (April 23, 1837 – November 23, 1916) was a Canadian lawyer and judge.
- Educated at Upper Canada College, the University of Toronto, Boyd began his career in 1860 when he was articled to David Breakenridge Read.
- Later, his decision in Regina v.
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- Catharines Milling and Lumber Company was to have a long-lasting influence on the interpretation of First Nations land claims in Canada. Boyd was Chancellor of the High Court of Justice of the Province of Ontario. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) during the visit to Canada of TRH the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (later King George V and Queen Mary) in October 1901.In 1903, Boyd and William Glenholme Falconbridge were appointed to a Royal Commission to investigate charges of bribery brought forward by Robert Roswell Gamey against the Liberal Government of the time.
- Although the commission found no proof for these allegations, the provincial Conservatives won the general election that followed two years later.
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