William Alexander Henry

William Alexander Henry (30 ga Disamba, 1816 - 3 ga Mayu, 1888) lauya ne na Kanada, ɗan siyasa, kuma alƙali. Ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin Ubannin Tarayyar kuma ɗaya daga cikin alƙalai na farko na Kotun Koli ta Kanada.

 Rayuwa ta farko 
An haifi Henry a ranar 30 ga Disamba, 1816, a Halifax, Nova Scotia ga Robert Nesbit Henry, ɗan kasuwa na Irish da Margaret Forrestall .  Iyalin sun koma Antigonish inda Reverend Thomas Trotter ya koya masa, kuma ya halarci makarantar sakandare ta Halifax. Henry ya yi karatun shari'a a ƙarshen shekarun 1830 kuma an shigar da shi cikin kotun Nova Scotia a cikin 1840. 

A shekara ta 1841, Henry ya auri Sophia Caroline McDonald wadda ta haifi ɗa ɗaya kafin ta mutu a shekara ta 1845. A shekara ta 1850, Henry ya auri Christianna McDonald kuma tare suka haifi 'ya'ya 7.  'Ya'yansa maza biyu su ne William Alexander Henry Jr., lauya mai nasara a Halifax da Hugh McDonald Henry.  Dattijon WA Henry ya yi aiki a matsayin ministan majalisar ministoci a Nova Scotia a gwamnatocin da 'yan Liberal da Conservative suka jagoranta.

 Rayuwar siyasa 
A cikin 1840, an zabi Henry a Majalisar Dattijai ta Nova Scotia don zama wakilin Antigonish . 

A shekara ta 1864, an nada shi babban lauya.

Henry ya kasance mai imani mai karfi da fa'idodin da za a iya samu daga Ƙungiya Burtaniya ta Amurka kamar cinikayya ta kyauta da kuma gina Intercontinental Railway. Henry ya kasance wakili a duk tarurruka uku na Tarayyar, kuma bayan amincewar kungiyar a cikin bazara na 1866, ya yi tafiya zuwa taron London a matsayin wani ɓangare na tawagar da aka ba da umarni don tsara dokar. Wakilan Nova Scotia sun kada kuri'a don karɓar ƙudurin Quebec a cikin Dokar Burtaniya ta Arewa, 1867 amma Henry ya ki amincewa da iyakance yawan kujerun Majalisar Dattijai. Ya kuma goyi bayan kokarin da ba a yi nasara ba don samun kasancewar makarantun Roman Katolika daban-daban a cikin Dokar. Ya kasance daya daga cikin manyan lauyoyi wadanda suka taimaka wajen tsara harshe. Koyaya, al'ada ce da ba a tabbatar da ita ba cewa ya tsara Dokar BNA. 

 Kotun Koli 
Kodayake an hana shi zama alƙali a Nova Scotia, Henry na ɗaya daga cikin na farko da aka nada a sabuwar Kotun Koli ta Kanada a 1875.

A lokacin da yake Kotun Koli, Henry ya rubuta yanke shawara na 'yan tsiraru don sake fasalin mulkin kariya na Crown, yana ƙoƙari ya ɗora gwamnatin tarayya da alhakin ayyukan farar hula da mutanen da suka sami asarar suka kawo.  Masanin tarihi Ian Bushnell ya bayyana Henry a matsayin memba mafi rikitarwa na Kotun Koli a farkon shekarunta, an kalli shi a matsayin "sabon" adalci "a hanyar da ba ta da iko".

Henry ya mutu a Ottawa, Ontario a ranar 3 ga Mayu, 1888.

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