John Joseph Bench
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title:
John Joseph Bench
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John Joseph (Joe) Bench,, was a Canadian lawyer and senator. He graduated from Osgoode Hall Law School in 1928 and was called to the bar the same year. He was named King's Counsel at the age of 33, the youngest in the British Empire. Bench was appointed to the Senate of Canada on November 19, 1942 by William Lyon Mackenzie King and, at 37, was Canada's youngest Senator when he first sat in the Upper House. A Liberal he ran for election to the House of Commons of Canada in 1940 but was defeated i
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Canadian lawyer and politician
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Joseph_Bench
date created:
2009-09-03T02:15:44Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T00:02:37Z
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