Henry William Newlands (March 19, 1862 – August 9, 1954) was a

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and

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, who served as the fourth

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, 1921 to 1931.

Biography

Born in March 1862 in

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, Henry William Newlands was the son of James and Henrietta Newlands, and was educated in Halifax. Newlands was called to the Nova Scotia Bar in 1883, after which he would go on to have an important role in the domain of law. That same year, he moved to

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, residing briefly in

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. In 1885, Newlands moved to

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where he practiced law. He also served as inspector of land titles offices in the

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as well as law adviser to the Yukon Executive Council. In 1902, Newlands served as Acting

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for several months when Commissioner James Hamilton Ross was elected MP for Yukon in the

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. On February 5, 1904, he was named a

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of the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories, and continued to hold on to the job following the creation of the province of Saskatchewan in 1905. On March 2, 1918, Newlands was named a Judge of the

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. Three years later, Newlands was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Saskatchewan and would remain in office for a decade.

Personal life

Newlands married Mary Paterson Stewart; the couple having 2 daughters. He died in

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in 1954.

References

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Painting of Newlands, 1924
{{DEFAULTSORT:Newlands, Henry 1862 births 1954 deaths Commissioners of Yukon Lieutenant governors of Saskatchewan Judges in Saskatchewan Members of the Yukon Territorial Council