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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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