- Lazarus Phillips
Lazarus Phillips, O.B.E., Q.C., LL.D. (
October 10 1895 –December 30 1986 ) was a Canadian lawyer and Senator.Born in
Montreal ,Quebec , he served with theCanadian Expeditionary Force inSiberia duringWorld War I . In 1918, he received aBachelor of Civil Law fromMcGill University and was called to the Quebec Bar in 1920. A practicing lawyer, he was a senior partner of the Montreal law firm, Phillips and Vineberg (nowDavies Ward Phillips & Vineberg ).A member of the
Liberal Party of Canada , he ran unsuccessfully for theCanadian House of Commons in the riding of Laurier in a 1943by-election , losing to Fred Rose. He was called to the senate in 1968 representing the senatorial division of Rigaud, Quebec. He retired in 1970.A prominent member of the Montreal Jewish community, he was president of the school,
United Talmud Torahs of Montreal . He was a director and vice-president of theRoyal Bank of Canada .The Senator Lazarus Phillips Chair in General History in the Faculty of Jewish Studies at
Bar-Ilan University is named in his honour. [http://www.biu.ac.il/General/chairs.html]References
* [http://mikan3.archives.ca/pam/public_mikan/index.php?fuseaction=genitem.displayItem&lang=eng&rec_nbr=103534&rec_nbr_list=103780,103760,103752,103534,103487,103328,103254,103250,103241,103223&FormName=null Lazarus Phillips fonds]
External links
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/key/bio.asp?lang=E&query=1534&s=M Synopsis of federal political experience from the Library of Parliament]
* [http://data2.archives.ca/cef/gpc014/577742a.gifWorld War I personnel file]
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