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Hackett, John Thomas
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1884-1956
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John Thomas Hackett was born at Stanstead, Quebec in 1884, the son of Honourable Mr. Justice M.F. Hackett and Florence Knight. His maternal grandfather had been a member for Stanstead County in the Parliament of Canada previous to Confederation and M.F. Hackett had been elected three times, for this same riding, before being appointed to the Superior Court of Quebec. John Thomas studied at St. Charles Seminary, Sherbrooke, Loyola College, Laval University, and McGill University before being called to the Bar of Quebec in 1909. He practiced law in Montreal and appeared a number of times before the Privy Council, England in cases of importance. He was a Member of Parliament for Stanstead from 1930 to 1935 and was re-elected in 1945. He died in 1956.
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