Edmund Leslie Newcombe Politician

Edmund Leslie Newcombe, CMG KC (February 17, 1859 – December 9, 1931) was a Canadian lawyer, civil servant, and Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.Born in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, the son of John Cumming Newcombe and Abigail H. Calkin, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1878 and a Master of Arts degree in 1881 from Dalhousie University. He received a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1881 from the short-lived University of Halifax. In 1882, he was called to the Nova Scotia Bar and started to practice law. In 1893, he became Deputy Minister of Justice and was called to the Ontario Bar. In 1924, he was appointed to the Supreme Court and served until his death in 1931.