Christopher Salmon Patterson

Christopher Salmon Patterson
Christopher Salmon Patterson
The Honourable Mr. Justice Christopher Salmon Patterson, Jan. 1893
Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
In office
October 27, 1888 – July 24, 1893
Appointed by John A. Macdonald
Preceded by William Alexander Henry
Succeeded by George Edwin King
Personal details
Born January 16, 1823(1823-01-16)
London, England
Died July 24, 1893(1893-07-24) (aged 70)

Christopher Salmon Patterson (January 16, 1823 – July 24, 1893) was a Canadian Puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Canada.

Born in London, England, the son of John and Ann Patterson, he studied at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution in Ireland. In 1845, he emigrated to Picton, Canada West (now Ontario), Canada. He was called to the Canada West Bar in 1851 and moved to Toronto in 1856 and practised law. In 1874, he appointed to the Ontario Court of Error and Appeal and was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada in 1888. He served until his death in 1893.

Patterson Township, Ontario is named in his honour.

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