William Johnstone Ritchie
- William Johnstone Ritchie
Infobox Judge
name = William Johnstone Ritchie
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office = 2nd Chief Justice of Canada
termstart = January 11, 1879
termend = September 25, 1892
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predecessor = William Buell Richards
successor = Samuel Henry Strong
office2 = Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
termstart2 = September 30, 1875
termend2 = January 11, 1879
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predecessor2 = None
successor2 = John Gwynne
birthdate = October 28, 1813
birthplace = Annapolis, Nova Scotia
deathdate = September 25, 1892
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Sir William Johnstone Ritchie, PC , Kt (October 28, 1813 – September 25, 1892) was one of the first judges appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada and became the second Chief Justice of the court.
Ritchie was born in Annapolis, Nova Scotia to Thomas Ritchie and Elizabeth Wildman Johnstone. He graduated from the Pictou Academy and went to study law in Halifax in the office of his brother, John William Ritchie. He was called to the bar of Nova Scotia in 1837 but moved to Saint John, New Brunswick, and was called to the bar of that province the following year.
In 1846 he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick. In keeping with his pledge to resign if a fellow Liberal candidate failed to win a by-election, he gave up his seat in 1851, only to be re-elected three years later. In 1855 he left politics to accept an appointment to the Supreme Court of New Brunswick, and 10 years later he was named Chief Justice of New Brunswick. He was appointed to the newly established Supreme Court of Canada on September 30, 1875 and became its chief justice on January 11, 1879. He served on the Supreme Court for 17 years until he died on September 25, 1892.
Ritchie was twice married. He first married at Rothesay, Scotland on September 21, 1843 Martha Strang. She was the daughter of John Strang, a shipping merchant from St. Andrews. Martha Ritchie died in 1847. A son and a daughter where born to this marriage. Ritchie married secondly at Saint John, New Brunswick on May 5, 1856 Grace Vernon Nicholson (1838- 1911). She was the daughter of the late Captain Thomas L. Nicholson and his wife Amy (née Vernon) and stepdaughter of Vice-Admiral William Fitzwilliam Owen. Seven sons and five daughters where born to this marriage.
Sources
* based on [http://www.scc-csc.gc.ca/aboutcourt/judges/ritchie/index_e.asp official Supreme Court biography]
External links
* [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=6395 Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"]
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