George Wright (jurist)

The Hon. Justice George Wright (1917–1975) was a judge of the Supreme Court of Western Australia.[1]

George Dundas Wright
Born(1917-01-06)6 January 1917
Adelaide, South Australia
Died1975
Perth, Western Australia
NationalityAustralian
EducationKings College, Adelaide
Newington College
University of Sydney
University of Western Australia
Occupation(s)Solicitor, Judge
TitleThe Hon Mr Justice George Wright
SpouseNorma (née Higham)
ParentRev Dr George Herbert Wright (1881-1960)

Biography

Wright was born in Adelaide, South Australia, where his father, The Reverend Dr George H Wright, was the minister at the Stow Memorial Congregational Church.[2] His early education was at Kings College, Adelaide, before his father became Warden of Camden College in Sydney and he attended Newington College (1934–1935).[3] The University of Sydney awarded him an Exhibition and so he went up to the University in 1936[4] and studied arts, graduating BA in 1939.[5] In 1943, his father officiated at Wright’s marriage to Norma Higham at Trinity Congregational Church in Perth.[6] After studying law at The University of Western Australia, he was admitted as a legal practitioner in 1948.[7] Wright became a partner of the law firm Jackson McDonald and from 1956 until 1958 was President of the Law Society of Western Australia.[8] He was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1975 and died that year.

References
  1. Former Judges of the Supreme Court of Western Australia Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  2. "SMH - Appointment of Rev. Dr G Wright". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  3. Newington College Register of Past Students 1863-1998 (Syd, 1999) p221
  4. "THE UNIVERSITY". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 30, 618. New South Wales, Australia. 20 February 1936. p. 5. Retrieved 11 September 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. Alumni Sidneienses Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  6. "WEDDING". The Narrogin Observer. Vol. XXXVIII, no. 1997. Western Australia. 2 October 1943. p. 4. Retrieved 11 September 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. University of Western Australia Faculty of Law Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  8. Past Presidents of the Law Society of Western Australia Retrieved 11 September 2022.
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