Joseph Sedgwick

Who was Joseph Sedgwick?

Joseph Sedgwick, CC, QC was a Canadian lawyer.

He was born in Leeds, England and became a lawyer in 1923 following studies at the University of Toronto and Osgoode Hall. Sedgwick contributed to changes in the Criminal Code of Canada through a Royal Commission in the early 1950s. He was counsel to George and Viola R. MacMillan in the 1964 Royal Commission to probe the activity of Windfall Oil and Mines Ltd. Politically, he was Progressive Conservative. He also served as Treasurer for the Law Society of Upper Canada from 1962 to 1963.

His honours include Queen's Counsel and the Order of Canada.

Sedgwick died in Toronto aged 83, predeceased by his wife Emma Irene McLaughlin. The couple had two children.