He was created a provincial QC in 1876 and a dominion QC in 1885.
In 1904, he was appointed to the High Court of Justice of Ontario and he was appointed by Wilfrid Laurier to the Supreme Court on February 10, 1905. In 1924, following the death of Sir Louis Henry Davies, Idington was passed over for the position of Chief Justice of Canada, even though he was the senior Pusine Justice on the Court.
His notable decisions include his dissent in Quong Wing v. R.,[1] in which he disagreed with the effects of racist legislation, on the basis that the use of the term "Chinaman" could not have been meant to refer to naturalized Canadians of Chinese origin.
He retired on March 31, 1927, at age 86, after legislation was passed requiring a mandatory retirement age of 75.[2]
john, idington, october, 1840, february, 1928, canadian, justice, supreme, court, canada, 1914puisne, justice, supreme, court, canadain, office, february, 1905, march, 1927nominated, bywilfrid, laurierpreceded, byalbert, killamsucceeded, byjohn, lamontpersonal. John Idington October 14 1840 February 7 1928 was a Canadian justice of the Supreme Court of Canada John IdingtonJohn Idington in 1914Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of CanadaIn office February 10 1905 March 31 1927Nominated byWilfrid LaurierPreceded byAlbert KillamSucceeded byJohn LamontPersonal detailsBorn 1840 10 14 October 14 1840Puslinch Upper CanadaDiedFebruary 7 1928 1928 02 07 aged 87 Ottawa OntarioResting placeAvondale Cemetery StratfordSpouseMargaret ColcleughChildren11Alma materUniversity of TorontoProfessionLawyer Born in Puslinch Upper Canada now Ontario the son of Peter Idington and Catherine Stewart he received his LL B degree from the University of Toronto and was called to the Ontario Bar both in 1864 He practised law in Stratford Canada West now Ontario for forty years He was created a provincial QC in 1876 and a dominion QC in 1885 In 1904 he was appointed to the High Court of Justice of Ontario and he was appointed by Wilfrid Laurier to the Supreme Court on February 10 1905 In 1924 following the death of Sir Louis Henry Davies Idington was passed over for the position of Chief Justice of Canada even though he was the senior Pusine Justice on the Court His notable decisions include his dissent in Quong Wing v R 1 in which he disagreed with the effects of racist legislation on the basis that the use of the term Chinaman could not have been meant to refer to naturalized Canadians of Chinese origin He retired on March 31 1927 at age 86 after legislation was passed requiring a mandatory retirement age of 75 2 References edit 1914 49 S C R 44 An Act to amend the Supreme Court Act S C 1927 c 38 s 2 External links editWorks by or about John Idington at Internet Archive Supreme Court of Canada biography John Idington Dictionary of Canadian Biography online ed University of Toronto Press 1979 2016 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John Idington amp oldid 1119498562, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
