F. Joseph Cornish

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(1911 – September 28, 2004) was a lawyer, judge and Toronto politician who served as alderman for Ward 2 and as a member of the

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as well as a

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lor."F. Joseph Cornish, 93: Lawyer worked for public good
, ''Toronto Star'', Wednesday December 8, 2004 Cornish was born to Harold Cornish and Grace (Quinlan) Cornish. He graduated from

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in 1933 and obtained his law degree from

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.Toronto Archives, F. Joseph Cornish fonds He served during

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as a captain in

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. Cornish was elected to

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as alderman for Ward 2 in 1950 and was re-elected in 1951 and 1952. He was first won citywide election to the Board of Control in 1955 and was re-elected in 1956 and 1957. He ran for

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in the 1958 municipal election but failed to unseat Mayor Nathan Phillips and placed third. Cornish returned to his law practice following his defeat and wrote and published the ''Quinlan Reports'' summaries of

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proceedings. He was one of the founding directors of the Ontario Legal Aid Plan. Cornish was appointed a judge in the County of York in 1971 and retired from the bench in 1981. A devout

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, Cornish was involved in a number of lay organizations including the Michaelmas Conference at St. Michael's College and the St. Vincent de Paul's Society.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cornish, Joseph 1911 births 2004 deaths Toronto city councillors Metropolitan Toronto councillors Judges in Ontario Royal Military College of Canada alumni 20th-century Canadian municipal councillors