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In [[1999]] [[Kinnear House]], her residence situated at 232 Clarence Street, [[Port Colborne]], was added to the database of Heritage Port Colborne's Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee for the purpose of publicizing Kinnear's residence as a noteworthy local property. |
In [[1999]] [[Kinnear House]], her residence situated at 232 Clarence Street, [[Port Colborne]], was added to the database of Heritage Port Colborne's Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee for the purpose of publicizing Kinnear's residence as a noteworthy local property. |
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== Kinnear House == |
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'''Kinnear House''', [[Port Colborne]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]], was the residence [[1904]]-[[1942]] of [[Canadian]] Judge [[Helen Alice Kinnear]], noted as the first federally appointed woman judge in [[Canada]]. |
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The house was built by lawyer [[Louis Kinnear]] in [[1904]]. |
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[[Category:1894 births|Kinnear, Helen Alice]] |
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Helen Alice Kinnear (May 6, 1894 - 1970) was a Canadian lawyer.
She was born in Cayuga, Ontario. She graduated and was called to the Ontario bar, to become a lawyer, in 1920. She practiced law in Port Colborne, Ontario until 1943, when she was appointed county-court judge for Haldimand County. In 1947 she was appointed judge of the Juvenile Court. She was the first woman in the British Commonwealth to be created a Kings Counsel and the first in the Commonwealth appointed to a county-court bench and the first lawyer in Canada to appear as counsel before the Supreme Court in Canada in 1935.
In 1993 the Canadian Post Office issued a commemorative stamp to honour the achievements of this woman lawyer.
In 1999 Kinnear House, her residence situated at 232 Clarence Street, Port Colborne, was added to the database of Heritage Port Colborne's Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee for the purpose of publicizing Kinnear's residence as a noteworthy local property.
Kinnear House
Kinnear House, Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada, was the residence 1904-1942 of Canadian Judge Helen Alice Kinnear, noted as the first federally appointed woman judge in Canada.
In 1999 Kinnear House, situated at 232 Clarence Street, Port Colborne, was added to the database of Heritage Port Colborne's Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee for the purpose of publicizing Kinnear's residence as a noteworthy local property.
The house was built by lawyer Louis Kinnear in 1904.