Allen Bristol Aylesworth, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: Stone Mills, Ontario, Canada
About Allen Bristol Aylesworth
- Sir Allen Bristol Aylesworth, (27 November 1854 – 13 February 1952) was a Canadian lawyer and parliamentarian. Born in Newburgh, Ontario of United Empire Loyalist ancestry, Aylesworth was educated at the University of Toronto, and called to the Ontario Bar in 1878.
- As the Canadian member of the Alaska Boundary Tribunal in 1903, he presented his country's views in a minority report.
- Elected to the Dominion parliament in 1905, he served in the cabinet of Sir Wilfrid Laurier as postmaster-general and minister of labour, 1905–1906, and minister of justice, 1906–1911, in which capacity he oversaw the pardon of Angelina Napolitano, Canada's first battered woman defence case.
- He acted as British representative at the North Atlantic Fisheries Arbitration in The Hague, 1910–1911, and was knighted for his services. A Liberal, Aylesworth was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in a by-election on 22 November 1905 and re-elected in the 1908 as the Member of Parliament for the riding of York North in the province of Ontario.
- He served Cabinet of Canada under Sir Wilfrid Laurier as the Minister of Labour and Postmaster General of Canada from 16 October 1905 – 3 June 1906, and as the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada from 4 June 1906 – 6 October 1911.
- On 11 January 1923 he was appointed to the Senate of Canada upon the recommendation of William Lyon Mackenzie King.
- He represented the senatorial division of North York, Ontario until his death.
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