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Political Office-Holders - Ex Officio Benchers
Last updated: June 2019
| Name |
Ontario
Attorney General |
Ontario
Solicitor General |
Canadian
Minister of Justice / A.G. |
Canadian
Solicitor
General |
Ex Officio
Bencher |
| Aylesworth, Allen Bristol |
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1906-1911 |
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1906-1952 |
| Baldwin, Robert |
1842-1843; 1848-1851 |
1840-1841 |
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| Bales, Dalton Arthur |
1972-1974 |
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1972-1979 |
| Bentley, Chris |
2007-2011 |
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2007-present |
| Blackwell, Leslie Egerton |
1943-1949 |
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1943-1959 |
| Blais, Jean-Jacques |
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1978-1979 |
1978-1979 |
| Blake, Dominic Edward |
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1875-1877 |
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1875-1912 |
| Blake, William Hume |
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1848-1849 |
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| Boulton, D'Arcy |
1814-1818 |
1805-1814 |
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| Boulton, Henry John |
1829-1832 |
1818-1829 |
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| Boyd, Marion |
1993-1995 |
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1993-2007 |
| Bryant, Michael |
2003-2007 |
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2003-present |
| Cameron, John Hillyard |
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1846-1848 |
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| Campbell, Alexander |
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1881-1885 |
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1881-1892 |
| Campbell, Kim |
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1990-1993 |
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1990-1993 |
| Campney, Ralph Osborne |
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1952-1954 |
1952-1954 |
| Cass, Frederick McIntosh |
1962-1964 |
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1962-2000 |
| Chevrier, Lionel |
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1963-1964 |
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1963-1964 |
| Clement, John Twining |
1975 |
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1975-2014 |
| Cockburn, James |
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1864-1867 |
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| Conant, Gordon Daniel |
1937-1943 |
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1937-1953 |
| Connor, George Skeffington |
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1858 |
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| Cotler, Irwin |
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2003-2006 |
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2003-2006 |
| Crooks, Adam |
1871-1872 |
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1871-1885 |
| Cross, Eric William Blake |
1943 |
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1943-1965 |
| Downey, Doug |
2019-present |
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| Draper, William Henry |
1840-1843 |
1837-1840 |
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| Firth, William |
1807-1812 |
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| Flaherty, James |
1999-2001 |
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1999-2014 |
| Fleming, Donald |
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1962-1963 |
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1962-1963 |
| Fox, Francis |
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1976-1978 |
1976-1978 |
| Foy, James Joseph |
1905-1914 |
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1905-1916 |
| Geary, George Reginald |
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1935 |
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1935 |
| Gibson, John Morison |
1899-1904 |
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1899-1929 |
| Gray, Herbert |
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1993-1997 |
1993-1997 |
| Gray, Robert Isaac Dey |
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1795-1804 |
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| Guthrie, Hugh |
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1926, 1930-1935 |
1917-1921 |
1917-1935 |
| Hagerman, Christopher Alexander |
1837-1840 |
1829-1837 |
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| Hampton, Howard |
1990-1993 |
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1990-present |
| Hardy, Arthur Sturgis |
1896-1899 |
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1896-1901 |
| Harnick, Charles Alan |
1995-1999 |
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1995-present |
| Jameson, Robert Sympson |
1833-1837 |
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| Kaplan, Robert |
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1980-1984 |
1980-1984 |
| Kelleher, James |
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1986-1988 |
1986-1988 |
| Latchford, Francis Robert |
1904-1905 |
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1904-1938 |
| Lawrence, Allan Frederick |
1971-1972 |
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1979-1980 |
1971-2008 |
| Leduc, Marie Charles Denis Paul |
1937 |
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1937-1971 |
| Lewis, Douglas G. |
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1991-1993 |
1991-1993 |
| Lucas, Isaac Benson |
1914-1919 |
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1914-1940 |
| Macdonald, John Alexander |
1854-1862;1864-1867 |
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1867-1873 |
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1867-1891 |
| Macdonald, John Sandfield |
1862-1864; 1867-1871 |
1849-1851 |
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1854-1872 |
| MacDonald, William Ross |
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1954-1957 |
1954-1957 |
| Macdonell, John |
1811-1812 |
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| MacGuigan, Mark |
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1982-1984 |
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1982-1984 |
| McIlraith, George James |
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1965 |
1968-1970 |
1965; 1968-1970 |
| McMurray, Edward James |
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1923-1925 |
1923-1925 |
| McMurtry, Roland Roy |
1975-1985 |
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1975-present |
| Meighen, Arthur |
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1913-1917 |
1913-1917 |
| Mills, David |
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1897-1902 |
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1897-1902 |
| Morrison, Joseph Curran |
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1853-1854; 1860-1862 |
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| Mowat, Oliver |
1872-1896 |
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1896-1897 |
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1872-1903 |
| Mulroney, Caroline |
2018-2019 |
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2018-present |
| Nicholson, Rob |
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2007-2013 |
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2007-2013 |
| Nickle, William Folger |
1923-1926 |
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1923-1957 |
| Patton, James |
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1862 |
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| Pennell, Lawrence |
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1965-1968 |
1965-1968 |
| Pope, Alan William |
1985 |
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1985-present |
| Porter, Dana Harris |
1949-1955 |
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1949-1967 |
| Price, William Herbert |
1926-1934 |
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1926-1963 |
| Raney, William Edgar |
1919-1923 |
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1919-1933 |
| Richards, Albert Norton |
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1863-1864 |
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| Richards, William Buell |
1851-1853 |
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| Roberts, Archibald Kelso |
1955-1962 |
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1955-1970 |
| Robinson, John Beverley |
1818-1829 |
1815-1818 |
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| Rock, Allan |
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1993-1997 |
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1993-present |
| Roebuck, Arthur Wentworth |
1934-1937 |
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1934-1971 |
| Ross, John |
1853-1854 |
1851-1853 |
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| Scott, Ian G. |
1985-1990 |
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1985-2006 |
| Scott, Thomas |
1800-1806 |
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| Sherwood, Henry |
1847-1848 |
1844-1846 |
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| Small, James Edward J. |
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1842; 1844-1846 |
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| Smith, Henry |
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1854-1858 |
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| Sterling, Norman |
2003 |
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2003-present |
| Turner, John Napier |
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1968-1972 |
1968 |
1968-1972 |
| Wallbridge, Lewis |
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1863 |
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| Welch, Robert Stanley |
1974-1975; 1985 |
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1974-2000 |
| White, John |
1791-1800 |
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| Whitney, James Pliny |
1905 |
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1905-1914 |
| Wilson, Adam |
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1862-1863 |
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| Wilson-Raybould, Jody |
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2015-present |
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2015-present |
| Wishart, Arthur Allison |
1964-1971 |
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1964-1986 |
| Young, David |
2001-2003 |
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2001-present |
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