Hugh Farthing

Hugh Cragg Farthing KC (July 17, 1892 – June 8, 1968) was a Canadian provincial level politician, lawyer and judge from Alberta. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1930 until 1935 representing the electoral district of Calgary.

Hugh Cragg Farthing

KC
Portrait of Hugh Farthing in 1940
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary
In office
1930–1935
Preceded byAlexander McGillivray
Robert Parkyn
Succeeded byEdith Gostick
Ernest Manning
Fred Anderson
John Hugill
Personal details
Born(1892-07-17)July 17, 1892
Woodstock, Ontario, Canada
DiedJune 8, 1968(1968-06-08) (aged 75)
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Political partyConservative
FatherJohn Cragg Farthing
RelativesJohn Colborne Farthing (brother)
Alma materMcGill University (BA)
Osgoode Hall Law School (LLB)
Occupationbarrister, judge, politician
Military service
Allegiance Canada
Branch/serviceCanadian Expeditionary Force
Years of service1915-1918
RankLieutenant
Battles/warsWorld War I

Early life

Hugh Cragg Farthing was born July 17, 1892 in Woodstock, Ontario to Revered John Cragg Farthing the Anglican Bishop of Montreal and Elizabeth Mary Kemp, he had one younger brother John Colborne Farthing.[1] He was educated at Kingston Collegiate Institute and McGill University completing his Bachelor of Arts in 1914,[2] where he was also a member of The Kappa Alpha Society, and later Osgoode Hall Law School to complete a Bachelor of Laws in 1919. His education at McGill was interrupted by service in World War I.[1] Farthing was called to the bar in Ontario in 1919 and began to practice in Toronto. He later moved to Calgary and was admitted to the Alberta bar on June 11, 1923.[2]

Political career

Farthing ran for a seat in the Alberta Legislature in the Calgary electoral district for the 1930 Alberta general election. He won his seat on the 7th vote count taking third place overall.[3] He was defeated running for a second term in office in the 1935 Alberta general election.[4]

After his defeat from provincial politics Farthing ran for a seat in the House of Commons of Canada in the 1940 Canadian federal election in the electoral district of Calgary East under the National Government banner. He was defeated finishing a close third, in a race that ended in one of the most dramatic four way splits in Canadian History.[5]

Judicial career

Following his time as an MLA, Farthing was named King's Counsel on January 3, 1935 and partnered to form the firm "Farthing and Tavender". On February 1, 1958 he was appointed a Judge of the District Court of Southern Alberta, and on April 7, 1960 he was appointed to the Trial Division of the Supreme Court of Alberta. Farthing retired on July 18, 1967 and died in Calgary less than a year later on June 8, 1968 at the age of 75.[2]

References
  1. Normandin, A. L., ed. (1935). The Canadian Parliamentary Guide. Ottawa: Mortimer Company Ltd. p. 368. ISSN 0315-6168. OCLC 893686591. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
  2. Knafla, Louis A. (1997). Lords of the western bench: a biographical history of the supreme and district courts of Alberta, 1876-1990. The Legal Archives Society of Alberta. pp. 41. ISBN 0-9681939-0-0. OL 17525532M. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  3. "Calgary results 1930 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved 2009-05-17.
  4. "Calgary results 1935 Alberta general election". Alberta Heritage Community Foundation. Retrieved 2009-05-17.
  5. "Calgary East 1940/03/26". Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 2009-05-23.
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