Roy Lindsay Kellock, (November 12, 1893 – December 12, 1975) was a
Canadian Justice of the
Supreme Court of Canada
The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC; french: Cour suprême du Canada, CSC) is the Supreme court, highest court in the Court system of Canada, judicial system of Canada. It comprises List of Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada, nine justices, wh ...
.
Born in
Perth, Ontario, he graduated from
McMaster University with a B.A. in 1915. Kellock was called to bar in 1920 and practised with the firm of
WeirFoulds in Toronto.
In 1942 he was appointed to the
Court of Appeal for Ontario
The Court of Appeal for Ontario (frequently referred to as the Ontario Court of Appeal or ONCA) is the appellate court for the province of Ontario, Canada. The seat of the court is Osgoode Hall in downtown Toronto, also the seat of the Law Societ ...
. Two years later, he was appointed as
Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada on October 3, 1944 and served until January 15, 1958. Roy Kellock chaired the Royal Commission investigating the
Halifax Riot of VE Day 1945, and co-chaired the
Royal Commission on Spying Activities in Canada in response to
Gouzenko Affair
The Gouzenko Affair was the name given to events in Canada surrounding the defection of Igor Gouzenko from the Soviet Union in 1945 and his subsequent allegations regarding the existence of a Soviet spy ring of Canadian Communists. Gouzenko's d ...
in 1946.
In 1970, he was made a Companion of the
Order of Canada.
References
External links
Supreme Court of Canada biography
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Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada
Justices of the Court of Appeal for Ontario
McMaster University alumni
Canadian people of Scottish descent
Chancellors of McMaster University
Companions of the Order of Canada
1893 births
1975 deaths