Joseph Sedgwick

Joseph Sedgwick

Joseph Sedgwick CC, QC, LL.D (24 November 1898 - 27 December 1981) was a Canadian lawyer.

He was born in Leeds, England and became a lawyer in 1923 following studies at the University of Toronto and Osgoode Hall. Sedgwick contributed to changes in the Criminal Code of Canada through a Royal Commission in the early 1950s. Politically, he was Progressive Conservative. [cite news | publisher=The Globe and Mail | pages=20 | date=28 December 1981 | title=Joseph Sedgwick, a great Canadian advocate, dead at 83 ] He also served as Treasurer for the Law Society of Upper Canada from 1962 to 1963. [ [http://www.lsuc.on.ca/about/a/history/list-of-treasurers/ Law Society of Upper Canada: List of Treasurers] ]

His honours include Queen's Counsel (awarded in 1933, then known as King's Counsel) and the Order of Canada (awarded rank of Companion in 1974).

Sedgwick died in Toronto aged 83, predeceased by his wife Emma Irene McLaughlin. The couple had two children. [cite news | publisher=The Globe and Mail | pages=64 | date=28 December 1981 | title=Birth and Death Notices ]

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