Background
Harrison, William Henry was born on September 25, 1880 in Street John, N.B. Son of Legh Richmond and Susan Louise (Thorne) Harrison.
Harrison, William Henry was born on September 25, 1880 in Street John, N.B. Son of Legh Richmond and Susan Louise (Thorne) Harrison.
Student Rothesay Collegiate School. Bachelor of Arts U. North.B., 1900, Doctor of Laws, 1938. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard Law School, 1903.
Paul Maurice Blanchet), Janice Dorothea (Mistress George F. Teed), Constance Mary. Called to North.B. bar, 1903. King’s counsel, 1923.
Partnership Powell and Harrison, barristers, Saint John, 1906-1919.
Edited New Brunswick Law Reports, 1908-1919. Entered firm of Barnhill, Sanford and Harrison (later Sanford and Harrison), 1919.
Elected to Provincial Legislature for City of Saint John, August 10, 1925, re-elected, June 1930, appointed president Executive Council, May 1931. Appointed attorney general of Province of North.B., 1933.
Called to Bench, August 1935.
Judge, Chancery and Appeal Division, Supreme Court of the North.B. Chairman Board of Referees Excess Profits Tax Acting, 1940-1944.
Served as major and lieutenant colonel commanding Divisional Ammunition Column, 2d Canada Division, 1914-1918. Clubs: Union, Riverside Golf and Country, Canadian (past president), Mount Royal (Montreal). Mason.; Member Angelican Church.
Married Constance Roy, September 15, 1909. Children: Patricia Louise (Mistress Major.
