DOHERTY, CHARLES JOSEPH Cana dian politician, was born at Montreal on May 11, and edu cated at McGill University. Called to the Quebec bar in 1877, he became a Q.C. in 1887 and was a puisne judge of the Superior Court of Quebec from 1891 to 1 go6. He was first elected to the House of Commons as a Conservative member for the Si. Anne's Division of Montreal in 1908 and became Minister of Justice in Sir Robert Borden's Government in 191I, a post which he held until 1921. He joined the Unionist Government in Dec. 1917 and, as acting Prime Minister and Minister of Justice, he had the diffi cult task of administering the Military Service Act. In 1918 he accompanied the prime minister to the Peace Conference at Paris, and in 192o was one of the Canadian representatives at the League of Nations. He was appointed to the Privy Council, London, in the same year.