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Hon. James Pitt Mabee
"Of U.E. Loyalist descent, he was born at Port Rowan in 1859, son of Col. S.
P. Mabee and Frances Seaton, of Lincolnshire, England. Educated at Port Rowan Public and
High Schools and St. Thomas High School. Later taught in Port Rowan for a year and a half.
Became a barrister in 1882. Appointed a King's Counsel in 1889, and a Bencher of the Upper
Canada Law Society in 1904. Practised law in Listowel, Stratford and Toronto.
Appointed a
Judge of the High Court of Justice of Ontario in 1905, and held office until 1908.
On the
death of Judge Killam, he was appointed, on March 28, 1908, to the onerous position of
Chairman of the Canadian Board of Railway Commissioners, which post he held until his
death, May 6, 1912." |
