Samuel William Jacobs

Politician

1871 – 1938

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Who was Samuel William Jacobs?

Samuel William Jacobs, KC, was a Canadian lawyer, Member of Parliament and a leader of the Canadian Jewish community. For many years he was the only Jewish MP in the Canadian House of Commons. He was first elected from the Montreal riding of George-Étienne Cartier in the 1917 federal election as a Laurier Liberal and remained in parliament as a Liberal MP until his death in 1938.

Jacobs graduated from McGill University with a law degree in 1893 and went on to earn a Masters of Law from Laval University In 1897 Jacobs, Lyon Cohen, and several others founded the Jewish Times; the first English language Jewish newspaper in Canada.

He was called to the Quebec bar in 1894 and became a prominent lawyer active in criminal as well as civil law. In 1895, he co-founded the firm that is now the Montreal office of one of Canada's leading law firms, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP. He was named King's Counsel in 1906.

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Born
May 6, 1871
Nationality
  • Canada
Profession
Education
  • McGill University
  • Laval University
Died
Aug 21, 1938

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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