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unusual facts about Solicitor General of Canada


Withdrawn Canadian banknotes

The denomination was withdrawn on the advice of the Solicitor General and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), as it was often used for money laundering and organized crime.


Baltej Singh Dhillon

On March 16, 1990, the federal Solicitor General, Pierre Cadieux, announced in the House of Commons that the policy was theretofore amended to permit Sikhs to wear the turban while on active duty in the RCMP.

Joan Pennefather

Pennefather had been married to former Solicitor General of Canada Francis Fox when it was revealed in 1978 that he had forged the signature of his then girlfriend's husband on a form granting permission for her to have an abortion.

S – Portrait of a Spy

In a 1977 review Paul Hellyer, a former Minister of National Defence, suggested other characters were strongly based on John Starnes, Bennett's boss, Solicitor General Jean-Pierre Goyer, Karl Kristian Ring, who he identifies as an arms dealer.

Sir John Rose, 1st Baronet

He was Lower Canada's Solicitor General from 1857 to 1858 and from 1858 to 1859 and also acted as various times as commissioner of public works and Receiver General.


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Harley Frankfurt

He has been acknowledged by Lawrence MacAulay, former Solicitor General of Canada, and Pat Binns, former premier of Prince Edward Island and Ralph Klein, former premier of Alberta for his many contributions in promoting projects and business.

Mansfield-et-Pontefract, Quebec

Or it may have been named in honor of Sir James Mansfield (1733-1821), Solicitor General of Canada in 1780, or William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield (1705–1793).