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Charles Joseph Doherty fonds [multiple media]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1770-2008 [predominately 1868-1952].

Reference:

R4647-0-9-E, MG27-IID6

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs, Architectural and technical drawings, Art, Objects (including medals and pins)

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

5065001

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Charles Joseph Doherty fonds
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Fonds includes:

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

1770-2008 [predominately 1868-1952].

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Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

1.07 m of textual records.
52 photographs : 4 negatives and 48 b&w prints.
3 caricatures : 1 original and 2 prints
2 collages : on cardboard.
2 coats of arms : 1 b&w and 1 col.
2 architectural drawings : blueprints.
1 medal.

Language of material:

French

Added language of material:

French, English
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Fonds Charles Joseph Doherty [document iconographique]

Fonds Charles Doherty Gonthier [supports multiples]
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The fonds consists of personal, family and ancestral documents as well as documents created by Charles Joseph Doherty during his time as a judge of the Quebec Superior Court between 1891 and 1906, and as Minister of Justice for the federal government between 1908 and 1921. It also includes documents created after his retirement, and others relating to his death.

The contents of the fonds also include photographs of members of Charles Joseph Doherty's family, particularly of his wife Katherine Lucy Barnard and his children. Others relate to his activities as a member of the Canadian delegation to the Paris Peace Conference after the First World War, 1918-1919; a photograph of him with Sir Robert Borden, 1918; a visit of Canadian ministers to the Vickers plant in Barrow, 1912; and one of Charles Doherty Gonthier (grandson) at the Board of the Quebec Bar, 1889-1920.

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Doherty, Charles Joseph, 1855-1931

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Doherty, Charles Joseph, 1855-1931 : Born in Montréal on May 11, 1855, Charles Joseph Doherty was the son of Marcus Doherty, a judge of the Quebec Superior Court, and Elizabeth (O'Halloran) Doherty. He was educated in Christian schools by fathers, Sainte-Marie Jesuit College, McGill University (BCL 1876; DCL 1893; LLD 1913), Saint-François Xavier College (BA), and the University of Ottawa (LLD 1895). He was called to the Quebec Bar in 1877 and appointed Queen's Counsel in 1887. He married Katherine Lucy Barnard in 1888. The couple had five children: Kathleen married Georges Gonthier in 1927, Eileen married Reginald Wingate, Margaret became a nun, Marcus was ordained as a priest, and Elizabeth married Jean Morin in 1931.

Between 1880 and 1891, Charles Joseph Doherty appeared as counsel on several occasions before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London. He was appointed as a judge of the Quebec Superior Court in 1891 and remained there until 1906. In 1883, he was appointed as a member of the Royal Commission to Investigate the Working of the Catholic and Protestant School Boards in Montréal. For several years, he was a professor of civil and international law at McGill University.

In 1881, he ran for the Quebec legislature in Montréal West and, in 1886, in Montréal Centre, without success. In 1885, he held the rank of captain in the 65th Regiment and was sent to Western Canada during the Northwest Rebellion (Louis Riel). Before joining the federal government, he served as a director of several organizations including the Provincial Bank of Canada, based in Quebec (1907), the City of Montréal (1908), the Prudential Trust Co. (1911) and the Capital Life Assurance Co. (1911).

In 1908, he was elected to the House of Commons in the Montréal riding of St. Anne and was re elected in 1911. Following his election, he was appointed as federal Minister of Justice and held that position until 1921. During his time in office, he travelled with Prime Minister Borden on his tour of Western Canada in 1910. Doherty then performed important duties on the international scene; he was a member of the Canadian delegation to the Paris Peace Conference (1918-1919) and signed the Treaty of Versailles on behalf of Canada. Between 1919 and 1921, he represented Canada at the First Assembly of the League of Nations, which became the United Nations (UN) after the Second World War. Charles Joseph Doherty died on July 28, 1931.

Finding aid:

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Multiple media (Electronic) The first link is a finding aid prepared by Lucie Paquet. It is a list of file in thematic, alphabetic or chonological order for volumes 1 to 9. The second link is a list of files for volumes 10 to 20. MSS0496 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000000073.pdf
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf002/p000003371.pdf

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General note:

Donated by Honorable Charles Doherty Gonthier, Judge of the Supreme Court in 1996 and in 2010 by Mrs. Mariette Gonthier. The transcripts from volume 9 were transferred to the Library and Archives Canada in 1952 by the Department of Exterior Affairs.

Arrangement note:

The old volume 1 has been recontainerized as volume 9

Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1996-03056-6
1996/0166
1997-152 DAP
2011-00520-5
2018-00018-7
97-005

Former archival reference no.:

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MG27-IID6
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Finding aid box [FA 496] 51

[Consultation 90 Open]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Architectural: technical drawings

[Consultation90 Open]

Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]

Object

[Consultation90 Open]

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Photographs: No restriction. Copyright: Expired. Credit: Library and Archives Canada

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