Lazarus Phillips, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
About Lazarus Phillips
- Lazarus Phillips, (October 10, 1895 – December 30, 1986) was a Canadian lawyer and Senator. Born in Montreal, Quebec, he served with the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Siberia during World War I.
- In 1918, he received a Bachelor of Civil Law from McGill University and was called to the Quebec Bar in 1920.
- A practicing lawyer, he was a senior partner of the Montreal law firm, Phillips and Vineberg (now Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg). A member of the Liberal Party of Canada, he ran unsuccessfully for the House of Commons of Canada in the riding of Cartier in the 1943 by-election, losing to Communist Party member Fred Rose (he also garnered more votes than future NDP leader, David Lewis).
- He was called to the senate in 1968 representing the senatorial division of Rigaud, Quebec.
- He retired in 1970. A prominent member of the Montreal Jewish community, he was president of the school, United Talmud Torahs of Montreal.
- He was a director and vice-president of the Royal Bank of Canada. The Senator Lazarus Phillips Chair in General History in the Faculty of Jewish Studies at Bar-Ilan University is named in his honour.
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