James W. (Bill) Estey, honourary Doctor of Civil Law degree recipient, speaks during Convocation held in Physical Education gymnasium. Dignitaries on dais in background. Elevated view from back of gym looking towards dais.

Bio/Historical Note: James Wilfred (Bill) Estey was born in 1889 in Keswick Ridge, New Brunswick. He received a BA from the University of New Brunswick in 1910. and received a Bachelor of Law from Harvard University in 1915. In 1917 he was called to the Saskatchewan bar, eventually founding the law firm Estey, Moxon, Schmitt & McDonald. He practiced law as a Crown Prosecutor in Saskatoon until 1929. Estey also taught law and economics at the U of S. In 1934 he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Liberal. From 1934-1941 Estey was Minister of Education; from 1939-1944 he was Attorney General. Estey was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada in 1944 and served until his death in Ottawa in 1956. He was the second Saskatchewan judge of the Supreme Court (the first was John Henderson Lamont) and succeeded Sir Lyman Poore Duff as a western representative on the Court. Estey Public School (Now Royal West Campus) and Estey Drive in Saskatoon are named after him. He is the father of Willard Estey, also a justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.