The Honourable George D. Finalyson Esq., Q.C., LL.B., LL.D., was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and grew up in Winnipeg and Ottawa, Ontario. He received his call to the bar in June 1953 and immediately joined the firm McCarthy and McCarthy (now McCarthy Tetrault) in Toronto, where he worked with Robinette. He remained there until his elevation to the bench of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Ontario in 1984.
