Edward Short (Canadian judge)
- Edward Short (Canadian judge)
Edward Short (June 10 1806-June 5 1871) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Quebec.
He was born in Bristol, England in 1806 and came to Canada with his family. He studied law in Trois-Rivières and was called to the Bar of Quebec in 1826. He had practices in Montreal, Trois-Rivières and Quebec City, where he was a partner of Thomas Cushing Aylwin. He settled in Sherbrooke in 1830. He was appointed to the Court of the Sessions of the Peace in Saint-François district.
He was elected to the 4th Parliament of the Province of Canada representing the town of Sherbrooke in 1851. In November 1852, he was appointed a justice of the Quebec Superior Court, Saint-François district, and became a judge in the Seigneurial Court in 1854.
He died in Sherbrooke in 1871.
Short Street in Sherbrooke was named after him.
External links
* [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=5265 Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"]
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