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Doherty was a Lawyer and also taught civil and International Law at McGill University prior to being appointed a Judge on the Quebec Superior Court from 1891 until 1906 . He entered politics in the 1908 Federal Election winning a Seat in the Canadian House Of Commons as a Conservative . When the Tories won the 1911 Election , the new Prime Minister , Sir Robert Borden , brought Doherty into the Canadian Cabinet as Minister Of Justice . At the end of World War I , Doherty was one of the Canadian delegates to the Versailles Peace Conference , and served as Canadian delegate to the League Of Nations from 1920 to 1922 . Doherty remained Minister of Justice in the government of Arthur Meighen until its defeat in 1921 .

Doherty also played a leading role in the creation of the Canadian Bar Association in 1912 and served as its president in 1914 . He was appointed to the Imperial Privy Council in 1921 allowing him to use the Title of ''The Right Honourable''.


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