Hugh GUTHRIE
GUTHRIE, The Hon. Hugh, P.C.
Personal Data
- Party
- Conservative (1867-1942)
- Constituency
- Wellington South (Ontario)
- Birth Date
- August 13, 1866
- Deceased Date
- November 3, 1939
- Website
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Guthrie
- PARLINFO
- http://www.parl.gc.ca/parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=a8b2b613-dd5c-4a22-8f22-c0e4f180c7b6&Language=E&Section=ALL
- Profession
- lawyer
Parliamentary Career
- November 7, 1900 - September 29, 1904
- LIBWellington South (Ontario)
- November 3, 1904 - September 17, 1908
- LIBWellington South (Ontario)
- October 26, 1908 - July 29, 1911
- LIBWellington South (Ontario)
- September 21, 1911 - October 6, 1917
- LIBWellington South (Ontario)
- Solicitor General of Canada (October 4, 1917 - October 11, 1917)
- December 17, 1917 - October 4, 1921
- UNIONWellington South (Ontario)
- Solicitor General of Canada (October 12, 1917 - July 4, 1919)
- Solicitor General of Canada (July 5, 1919 - January 23, 1920)
- Solicitor General of Canada (January 24, 1920 - July 9, 1920)
- Minister of Militia and Defence (January 24, 1920 - July 9, 1920)
- Solicitor General of Canada (July 10, 1920 - September 30, 1921)
- Minister of Militia and Defence (July 10, 1920 - December 28, 1921)
- December 6, 1921 - September 5, 1925
- CONWellington South (Ontario)
- Minister of Militia and Defence (July 10, 1920 - December 28, 1921)
- October 29, 1925 - July 2, 1926
- CONWellington South (Ontario)
- Minister of National Defence (June 29, 1926 - July 12, 1926)
- Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada (June 29, 1926 - July 12, 1926)
- September 14, 1926 - May 30, 1930
- CONWellington South (Ontario)
- Minister of National Defence (July 13, 1926 - September 24, 1926)
- Leader of the Official Opposition (October 11, 1926 - October 11, 1927)
- July 28, 1930 - August 14, 1935
- CONWellington South (Ontario)
- Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada (August 7, 1930 - August 11, 1935)
- August 25, 1930 - August 14, 1935
- CONWellington South (Ontario)
- Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada (August 7, 1930 - August 11, 1935)
Most Recent Speeches (Page 1 of 1854)
July 5, 1935
Mr. GUTHRIE:
When the committee rose yesterday we were discussing the affidavit which is part of section 3. I have gone over the matter very carefully since that time; I have considered it from a good many angles, and I think I can make some suggestions modifying the form of affidavit that perhaps will meet with the approval of the committee.
I think we will all agree that the fundamental questions in regard to the exercise of the franchise are first that the person exercising it should be a British subject and second that he should be twenty-one years of age. I do not suppose there is any difference of opinion in that regard. These lists have been prepared, in the cities, to a very large extent by enumeration; inquiries have not been made in regard to the citizenship, in many instances, and I am afraid there also has been some laxity in regard to the ages of the persons who have been put on the lists by the enumerators. The first clause of this affidavit merely reads:
(1) That I am a British subject of the full age of twenty-one years;
Elections Act
I do not think anyone could have any objection to that clause remaining. The second clause, in regard to the residence in Canada, I think may well be stricken out, and I think the third clause might be struck out as well.
July 5, 1935
Mr. GUTHRIE:
No, I am not. There are some racing experts in the house but I am not one of them.
Passing that for the moment, the next amendment was suggested after the bill had passed this house, I think in the first instance by the county crown attorney in the city of Ottawa and also some other county crown attorneys in different cities of Canada. It is to check as far as possible these gambling devices found in stores and places where the public resort, in regard to which the law is a little uncertain at the present time. The Senate has put in a clause that any person who:
conducts, manages or is a party to any scheme, contrivance or operation of any kind by which any person, upon payment of any sum of money, or by obligating himself to pay any sum of money, shall become entitled under such scheme, contrivance or operation to receive from the person conducting or managing such scheme, contrivance or operation, or any other person, a larger sum of money than the amount paid or to be paid', by reason of the fact that other persons have paid or obligated themselves to pay any sum of money under such scheme, contrivance or operation;
4298 COMMONS
Criminal Code-Senate Amendments
Commits an offence. That amendment was not submitted to the house, it came before the Senate at the request of certain law officers of the provincial governments. I have no objection to it.
Subtopic: CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
July 5, 1935
Mr. GUTHRIE:
No.
July 5, 1935
Mr. GUTHRIE:
There are very few
illiterate voters in Canada. It would not be protection equal to the signature.
July 5, 1935
Mr. GUTHRIE:
Mr. Chairman, at the
suggestion of the hon. member for Shelburne-Yarmouth (Mr. Ralston), in regard to the case of an illiterate voter who does not sign his name I have drafted a short amendment that might cover some of the objections that have been offered to this section. The amendment is as follows:
That is my true name, and that
the signature hereto is in my usual handwriting; or in the case of an illiterate voter, that the mark placed hereto is my usual method of signing my name.
I should be content to accept that amendment instead of the section as drawn.