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Douglas Charles Abbott fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1939-1973.

Reference:

R4773-0-3-E, MG32-B6

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

103580

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Douglas Charles Abbott fonds
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Fonds includes:

7 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1939-1973.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

4.85 m of textual records.

Language of material:

English

Added language of material:

English, French

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Fonds consists of correspondence and memoranda, 1944-1973, 80 cm; Bishop's University correspondence, 1944-1973, 1.15 m; Grenfell Mission, Labrador, 1956-1972, 45 cm; cases, 1939-1972, 55 cm; speeches, 1945-1964, 95 cm; clippings, 1945-1961, 45 cm; and congratulations, 1943-1954, 50 cm.

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Abbott, Douglas Charles, 1899-1987

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Abbott, Douglas Charles, 1899-1987 : D. C. Abbott, born in Lennoxville, Que., was educated at Bishop's College, McGill University, and Dijon University in France. He served overseas, 1916-1918. He was a parliamentary assistant to the ministers of National Defence and Finance, 1934-1945. He was first elected to the House of Commons in 1940 after having practised law in Montreal. He served as Minister of National Defence (Naval Services), 18 April 1945 to 11 December 1946; Minister of National Defence, 21 August 1945 to 11 December 1946; and Minister of Finance, 10 December 1946 to 30 June 1954. In 1954 he was appointed Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of Canada. He retired in 1974.

See: Johnson, Directory of Parliament, p. 1.

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Textual record (Electronic) The finding aid is a list of file titles for volumes 1 to 24. MSS0532 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000001563.pdf

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General note:

Received in 1970 and 1973 from the Hon. D.C. Abbott.
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Douglas Charles Abbott - Correspondence, 1944-1973 Canada. Parliament. House of Commons, 1940-1954

Politicians - Canada - Correspondence, 1944-1973 Grenfell Labrador Medical Mission, 1956-1972

Universities and colleges - Quebec (Province) - Administration, 1958-1968 Canada. Supreme Court, 1954-1972

Bishop's University (Lennoxville, Quebec). Chancellor - Records and correspondence, 1958-1968

Bishop's University (Lennoxville, Quebec) - Degrees, 1958-1968

Courts of last resort - Canada, 1954-1972

Law - Canada - Cases, 1939-1972

Judges - Canada, 1954-1972

Douglas Charles Abbott - Awards, 1943-1954

Speeches, addresses, etc

Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)

Parlementaires Canada

Legislators Canada

Canada 1935-1957
Source:

Private

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MG32-B6
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