Lyman Poore Duff

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Sir Lyman Poore Duff, PC , GCMG (Ontario, January 7, 1865 – April 26, 1955) was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada and briefly served as Acting Governor General of Canada in 1940.

Born in Ontario, he moved to British Columbia to practice law. He became a successful judge in BC, and in 1906 was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of Canada. In 1931, he served as Administrator of the Government of Canada between the departure of The Earl of Bessborough for India and the arrival of John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir. Duff took on the position as the Chief Justice was unavailable. In 1933, Duff he was promoted to Chief Justice. He was knighted the following year as a result of Prime Minister Richard Bennett's temporary suspension of the Nickle Resolution.

When Governor General Lord Tweedsmuir died in office on February 11, 1940, according to the rules of succession, Chief Justice Duff became acting Governor General. He held the office for nearly four months, until Britain appointed a new Governor General on June 21, 1940. Duff was the first Canadian to hold the position, even in the interim. A Canadian Governor General was not appointed until Vincent Massey in 1952.

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