Chief Justice Sir Louis Davies – "the best debater the House of Commons has ever known.” (Mackenzie's newspaper scrapbook "Days of Giants", Library and Archives Canada) (Alexander Mackenzie)

Chief Justice Sir Louis Davies – "the best debater the House of Commons has ever known.” (Mackenzie's newspaper scrapbook "Days of Giants", Library and Archives Canada)

Alexander Mackenzie

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