WOOD, Edmund Burke, Canadian jurist, born near Fort Erie, Ont., 13 February, 1820; died in Winnipeg, Manitoba, 7 October, 1882. He was graduated at Oberlin in 1848, studied law, and in 1853 was admitted to the Canadian bar as an attorney. In 1854 he was called to the bar of Ontario, and entered into partnership with Peter Ball Long. In 1863 he was elected to parliament as a supporter of the Macdonald-Dorion government. He sat in the house until 1867, when the union of the colonies took place. At the first general election afterward he presented himself for a seat in the Ontario house of assembly. In those days dual representation was allowed, and he was elected to a seat in both the legislative assembly of Ontario and the house of commons of Canada. In July, 1867, Mr. Wood entered the Ontario coalition ministry of John Sand-field Macdonald as provincial treasurer. He became an expert financial minister, and his budget speeches rank among the best that were delivered in the Ontario legislature. In December, 1871, he resigned his office, but he continued to sit in the assembly as a private member. In 1872 he was made a queen's counsel, and in the following year was elected a bencher of the Law society. In 1873 Mr. Wood resigned his seat in the Ontario legislature, and, announcing his candidature for the house of commons, was returned by acclamation. He held his seat until 11 March, 1874, when the Mackenzie-Dorion administration appointed him chief justice of Manitoba. As a member of the house of commons he took part in the attack on Sir John A. Macdonald and his cabinet in the Pacific scandal question. While treasurer of Ontario he introduced the scheme for the settlement of the municipal loan fund of Upper Canada, and brought to a conclusion the financial arbitration between Ontario and Quebec provinces consequent on confederation, drafting the award with his own hand. In 1871 his popularity and political standing suffered somewhat in consequence of the charge that he had betrayed his leader during the time that the fortunes of his government were hanging in the balance. He possessed a voice of singularly deep notes, and Thomas D'Arcy McGee gave him the name of " Big Thunder." As chief justice he instituted many important reforms in the legal procedure of the courts of Manitoba. In the celebrated case of the Queen vs. Ambrose Lepine for the murder of Thomas Scott at Fort Garry, during the Red river rebellion, Judge Wood's decision was confirmed by the law officers of the crown in England. In 1882 an attempt was made in the house of commons at Ottawa to impeach him on the grounds of " misconduct, corruption, injustice, conspiracy, partiality, and arbitrariness," and a petition was sent to parliament in which these charges were preferred. The judge returned an answer of 128 pages octavo, in which he denied the accusations, explained the transactions to which the petitioners referred, and assailed the character of his opponents. Parliament appointed a special commission to deal with the question, but, as the chief justice died late in the autumn, the matter was dropped.