Supreme Court Appointments
Bennett chose the following jurists to be appointed as justices of the Supreme Court of Canada by the Governor General:
- Oswald Smith Crocket (September 21, 1932 – April 13, 1943)
- Frank Joseph Hughes (March 17, 1933 – February 13, 1935)
- Sir Lyman Poore Duff (as Chief Justice, (March 17, 1933 – January 2, 1944; appointed a Puisne Justice under Prime Minister Laurier, June 4, 1906)
- Henry Hague Davis (January 31, 1935 – June 30, 1944)
- Patrick Kerwin (July 20, 1935 – February 2, 1963)
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