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Roy Lindsay Kellock, (November 12, 1893 – December 12, 1975) was a Canadian Justice of the
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. 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
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. 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.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kellock, Roy 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