Chief Justice James Thomas Brown
1871 - 1957 (85 years)
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Name James Thomas Brown [1, 2, 3, 4] Title Chief Justice Born 22 Oct 1871 Hinchinbrooke, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada 
[1, 3, 4] Gender Male Race Irish [1, 3] Nationality Canadian [1, 3] Residence 2302 Scarth W. Lyina [3] Residence 1891 Hinchinbrooke, Huntingdon, Quebec, Canada [4] 18 Age: 18; Law Student Occupation: Law Student; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 155; Single MaritalStatus: Single; Son RelationToHead: Son; Methodist Religion: Methodist Residence 1911 , Regina, Saskatchewan [1] StreetAddress: 2302 Scarth St; 29 Age: 29; Indes ?? C?? Occupation: Indes ?? C??; Methodist Religion: Methodist; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; CountingDistrictName: 76 - Regina; CountingDistrictNumber: 76; CountyNumber: 214; EmploymentHistory: Yes; Insuran Residence 1916 Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada [3] StreetAddress: 2302 Scarth W. Lyina; 44 Age: 44; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 3; LanguageSpoken: English; RegistrationDistrict: 27; SpeaksFrench: No; SubRegistrationDistrict: 03C; Married MaritalStatus: Marrie _EMPLOY Worker Occupation: Worker; Employer: Supervisor Coal [3] Died 28 Apr 1957 Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada Person ID I21282 Brown Genealogy Last Modified 26 Sep 2026
Father Samuel Brown, b. 24 May 1828, Killylea, Armagh, Ireland , d. 21 Jan 1915, Huntingdon, Beauharnois, Quebec, Canada (Age 86 years) Relationship natural Mother Margaret White, b. 9 Mar 1835, Huntingdon, Beauharnois, Quebec, Canada , d. 18 Sep 1910, Hinchinbrooke, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada (Age 75 years) Relationship natural Married 28 Sep 1859 Hinchinbrooke, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada Family ID F5761 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Laura Last Modified 26 Sep 2026 Family ID F5763 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Alice Matilda Lewis, b. Aug 1880, Quebec, Canada , d. UNKNOWN Married 1902 Children 1. Dr. James Lloyd Brown, b. 29 Apr 1903, Moosomin, Saskatchewan, Canada , d. 1962, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada (Age 58 years) [natural]2. Allan Lewis Brown, b. 29 Nov 1904, Moosomin, Saskatchewan, Canada , d. UNKNOWN, Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada [natural]3. Wilfred George Brown, b. 25 Mar 1906, Moosomin, Saskatchewan, Canada , d. 1970, Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada (Age 63 years) [natural]4. Winnifred Brown, b. Abt 1910, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada , d. UNKNOWN, Huntingdon, Beauharnois, Quebec, Canada [natural]5. Leonard Reginald Brown, b. 6 Jul 1912, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada , d. UNKNOWN, Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada [natural]Last Modified 26 Sep 2026 Family ID F5762 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Chief Justice James Thomas Brown headed the Royal Commission on customs and excise, 17 Nov 1926, investigating customs corruption in cross-border alcohol smuggling, involving Rocco Perri and Thomas Hatch.
He was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Souris in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1905 to 1908 as a Provincial Rights Party member.
He was born in Huntingdon, Quebec, the son of Samuel Brown and Margaret White, and was educated there and at McGill University. Brown moved to Manitoba in 1833 and to Saskatchewan in 1896. He practised law in Moosomin, Saskatchewan and later served as Crown Prosecutor for Assiniboia district.
In 1891, James was residing in Hitchingbrooke, Quebec, Canada with his parents and siblings. He was a law student.
In 1922, he married Alice M. Lewis. Brown was an unsuccessful candidate for a seat in the House of Commons in 1908.
He later lived in Regina. Brown served as a puisne judge for the Supreme Court of Saskatchewan. He was named Chief Justice for the Saskatchewan Court of King's Bench in 1918.
Brown died in Regina on April 28, 1957, at the age of 86.
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Obit
Brown - Sunday, April 28th, Chief Justice Hon. James Thomas Brown, dearly beloved husband of Mrs. Laura Brown, 2159 Scarth St., passed away at the age of 86 years. Funeral services will be held on Wendesday, May 1st at Knox-Metropolitan church at 3 p.m. Rev. H. A. Mutchmore and Rev. A. H. E. Barger will officiate and burial will be in the family plot, Regina cemetery. Besides his wife Chief Justice Brown is survived by four sons, Dr. J. L. Brown, 69 Leopold Crescent; Allan L., and Wilfred G., of Ottawa; and Leonard R., Toronto; and one daughter, Winnifred, of Huntingdon, Que.; also nine grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. E. C. McCoy and one brother, Frank R., both of Huntingdon. Arrangments in care of Speers Funeral Home.
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The Honourable James T. Brown
1910 - 1918 Justice Supreme Court of Saskatchewan
1918 - 1957 Chief Justice of the Court of King’s Bench for Saskatchewan
James T. Brown was born in Huntington, Quebec in 1871. He graduated with honours from McGill University in 1893. He was admitted to the Manitoba Bar in 1896 and then moved to Moosomin (one of the most active judicial centres in the Province at that time) to establish the well-known, successful firm of Brown, Wylie and Mundell.
In 1910 he was appointed to the Supreme Court of Saskatchewan and in 1918, when the Saskatchewan Courts were reorganized to establish an Appeal Court and a King’s Bench Court, he was appointed the Chief Justice of the Court of King’s Bench where he presided for thirty-nine years.
Justice Brown served on the Regina Riot Inquiry Commission (1935-1936), the Royal Grain Inquiry Commission (1928-1931) and the Brown-Elwood Royal Commission (1916).
Chief Justice Brown died on April 29, 1957.
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- Chief Justice James Thomas Brown headed the Royal Commission on customs and excise, 17 Nov 1926, investigating customs corruption in cross-border alcohol smuggling, involving Rocco Perri and Thomas Hatch.
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Sources - [S61] 1911 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Year: 1911; Census Place: 76 - Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan; Page: 3; Family No: 22.
Record for Irvin Thomas Brown
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8947&h=2515548&indiv=try - [S607] Web: Saskatchewan, Canada, Birth Index, 1875-1919, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2013;), Government of Canada; Canada; Geneology Index Searches.
Record for James Lloyd Brown
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=9191&h=193875&indiv=try - [S153] 1916 Canada Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1916; Census Place: Saskatchewan, Regina, 03C; Roll: T-21943; Page: 8; Family No: 78.
Record for James L Brown
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1556&h=760116033&indiv=try - [S148] 1891 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2008;), Year: 1891; Census Place: Hinchinbrooke, Huntingdon, Quebec, Canada; Roll: T-6399; Family No: 48.
Record for James Brown
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1274&h=1449172&indiv=try
- [S61] 1911 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Year: 1911; Census Place: 76 - Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan; Page: 3; Family No: 22.