Background
Plaxton, Charles Percy was born on December 21, 1889 in Barrie, Ontario, Canada. Son of Charles Wilson and Harriet Ann (Train) Plaxton.
Plaxton, Charles Percy was born on December 21, 1889 in Barrie, Ontario, Canada. Son of Charles Wilson and Harriet Ann (Train) Plaxton.
Barrister and solicitor, Osgoode Hall, Toronto, 1915.
Newspaper reporter, Barrie Examiner, 1906-1909. Toronto Mail and Empire, 1909-1912. Senior advisory counsel, department justice, Ottawa, 1915-1940.
Justice Supreme Court of Ontario, December 13, 1940-January 1, 1946.
Member Plaxton & Company. Legal adviser to Canadian ministers of justice at Imperial conferences preparing and approving draft Statute of Westminister, 1929-1930.
Prepared argument for Canada in Labrador Boundary dispute with Newfoundland, 1921-1926. King’s Counsel, Government of Quebec, 1927.
Presented constitutional cases before Supreme Court, Canada and England Privy Council’s Judicial Committee, 1927-1940.
Member Plaxton & Company. Legal adviser to Canadian ministers of justice at Imperial conferences preparing and approving draft Statute of Westminister, 1929-1930. Clubs: University (Toronto and Ottaswa.).
Married Gabrielle, Faribault, February 15, 1919. Children: Harriet Jane (Mistress T. J. Bowie), Carol Beverley (Mistress Norman Plant), Charles Gordon, Gabrielle, Iola, George Train, Anne Kathryn, James Lawrence Percy, Dawn.