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William Lewis Shurtleff, K.C., LL.D., (March 29, 1864 – January 1, 1954) was a Quebec lawyer and newspaper owner. He was the defense lawyer for Harry Kendall Thaw in 1913. The ''Buffalo Morning Express'' calls him "one of the leading lawyers in Canada". ==Biography== He was born on March 29, 1864 in Coaticook to Ruth E. and Lyman Shurtleff.〔 In March 1889, he and L.S. Channel bought the Coaticook ''Observer'', which had been founded in 1869. In December of that year, Shurtleff became the sole owner of the newspaper. In 1897, he became secretary-treasurer of the Coaticook Electric Light and Power Company. In 1911, he wrote a pamphlet on reciprocity, as the possibility of free trade between Canada and the United States was then known.〔 Series: CIHM/ICMH Microfiche series = CIHM/ICMH collection de microfiches; no. 84639. Filmed from a copy of the original publication held by the National Library of Canada. Ottawa : Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions, 1997.〕 In 1912, he was appointed organizer-in-chief for the Eastern Townships by the Conservative Association. In 1914, he conducted an investigation relating to the dismissal of a postmaster. His report was tabled in the House of Commons on March 5, 1914.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Journals of the House of Commons of Canada v.49 1914 )〕 Mr. Pelletier, a member of the King's Privy Council, presented, --Return to an In 1916, he was a member of the Protestant Committee of the Council of Public Instruction of Quebec. He died on New Years Day, January 1, 1954. He was buried in Mount Forest Cemetery in Coaticook, Quebec.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=interment.net )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William Lewis Shurtleff」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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