Background
NEWCOMBE, Edmund Leslie was born on February 17, 1859 in Cornwallis, N.S. Ra. 18S7, Annie, daughter of late Nathaniel Freeman, Registrar of Deeds for Queen's County, Nova Scotia.
judge Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
NEWCOMBE, Edmund Leslie was born on February 17, 1859 in Cornwallis, N.S. Ra. 18S7, Annie, daughter of late Nathaniel Freeman, Registrar of Deeds for Queen's County, Nova Scotia.
Studied at Dalhousie College Halifax. Bachelor of Arts, 1878. Master of Arts, 1881 (in course): Bachelor of Laws, University of Halifax, 1SS2.
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.
Clubs: Rideau, Ottawa.