Salter Adrian Hayden, (May 31, 1896 – January 5, 1987) was a

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lawyer and

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. Born in

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, he received his education from the

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and

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. He joined the law firm of McCarthy and McCarthy (now

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) in 1923 and became a partner in 1929. He resigned from the firm in 1983. He ran unsuccessfully in the

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riding of St. Paul's in the 1935 federal election. In 1940, he was awarded an honorary doctoral degree from the

. He was appointed to the Senate in February 1940 by Prime Minister

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, representing the senatorial division of Toronto, Ontario. He sat as a

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and was the chairman of the Canadian Senate Standing Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce. Along with

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William Daum Euler, Hayden helped change the law that had prohibited the sale of

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in Canada. Of note, this was the

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's (JCPC) last case under the trade and commerce power of the

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, and one of the last six judgements on a Canadian issue. During the 1970s, he helped extend Senate rule, 74.(1).Robert Marleau and Camille Montpetit. House of Commons Procedure and Practice. reference 465 (2000 edition

/ref> This procedure had arisen in the 1940s to allow for early Senate examination of potential

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s. At the initiative of Senator Hayden, this practice was broadened to apply to other bills, and it has since been referred to as the “Hayden formula.” This allows the Senate to pre-study the subject matter, and to form an initial opinion of a bill that has been introduced in the House of Commons, even before it has been adopted for its first reading in the Senate. When the bill is received, the Senate can adopt or amend it in a timely manner. He resigned from the Senate on November 1, 1983 due to ill health. On December 29, 1986, Hayden was made an Officer of the

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. He died a week later at age 90.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hayden, Salter 1896 births 1987 deaths Candidates in the 1935 Canadian federal election Lawyers in Ontario Canadian senators from Ontario Officers of the Order of Canada Politicians from Ottawa Toronto Huskies Liberal Party of Canada candidates for the Canadian House of Commons