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Joseph Charles Walsh (December 6, 1868 – August 30, 1960) was a lawyer, judge, journalist and political figure in
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. He represented
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in the
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from 1906 to 1908 and from 1921 to 1925 as a
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. He was born in
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, the son of Matthew Walsh and Anastasia O'Brien, and was educated at the
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, the
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in Montreal and
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. Walsh was admitted to the
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in 1895 and set up practice in Montreal. He contributed to the ''
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'' and ''
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''. Walsh was secretary for the Montreal bar from 1898 to 1899 and was crown prosecutor for Montreal district from 1910 to 1925. He was prosecutor in the murder trial of
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, a Roman Catholic priest accused of murdering his stepbrother. Walsh was first elected to the House of Commons in a 1906 by-election held after the election of
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in 1904 was overturned. Walsh was defeated by
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when he ran for reelection in 1908 and 1911. Walsh was named judge in the
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for Montreal district in 1925. In 1932, he was named to the
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Walsh, Joseph Charles Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Liberal Party of Canada MPs Judges in Quebec Quebec people of Irish descent 1868 births 1960 deaths McGill University alumni 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada