Sir Robert Linton Weatherbe (April 1834 – 27 April 1915) was a Canadian lawyer and judge. He was

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from 1904 to 1907. Born in Bedeque,

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, Weatherbe attended

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in Nova Scotia and thereafter settled in the province. A

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supporter, he was elevated to the bench on 7 October 1878 by

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, a 'midnight judge' appointed two days before Bowell was due to hand over power to

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. He was an unpopular judge and attempts were made to get rid of him, without success. As the senior puisne, he became Chief Justice of Nova Scotia in 1905, was knighted in 1906, and retired in 1907.

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