Background
TOWNSHEND, Charles James was born on March 22, 1844. Son of Reverend Canon Townshend. Rector of Christ Church, Amherst, Nova Scotia.
TOWNSHEND, Charles James was born on March 22, 1844. Son of Reverend Canon Townshend. Rector of Christ Church, Amherst, Nova Scotia.
Studied at Collegiate School and King’s College, Windsor, Nova Scotia (Bachelor of Arts 1862, Bachelor of Civil Law 1872). Doctor of Civil Law.
Barrister Canada, 1866. Queen’s Counsel 1881. Elected M.L.A. for Cumberland, 1878 and 1882.
To House of Commons of Canada, 1884. Member of Executive Council 1878-1882. Judge of Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, 1887-1907. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia since 1907; King’s College University, Windsor, Nova Scotia, 1908.
Club : Halifax, Halifax.