List of Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada

Formed in 1875 by Governor General of Canada

Governor General of Canada

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Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava

Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, KP, GCB, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, PC was a British public servant and prominent member of Victorian society...

, on the advice of his Canadian Prime Minister

Prime Minister of Canada

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Alexander Mackenzie

Alexander Mackenzie, PC , a building contractor and newspaper editor, was the second Prime Minister of Canada from November 7, 1873 to October 8, 1878.-Biography:...

, the Supreme Court of Canada

Supreme Court of Canada

The Supreme Court of Canada is the highest court of Canada and is the final court of appeals in the Canadian justice system. The court grants permission to between 40 and 75 litigants each year to appeal decisions rendered by provincial, territorial and federal appellate courts, and its decisions...

is the highest court

Supreme court

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of Canada

Canada

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and, since 1949, has been the final court of appeal in the Canadian justice system. The court is composed of nine judge

Judge

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s: eight Puisne Justice

Puisne Justice

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s and the Chief Justice of Canada

Chief Justice of Canada

The Chief Justice of Canada, like the eight puisne Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada, is appointed by the Governor-in-Council . All nine are chosen from either sitting judges or barristers who have at least ten years' standing at the bar of a province or territory...

. Three of the nine positions must be held by judges who are members of the Bar of Quebec; traditionally, three of the judges are appointed from Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

, two from the four western provinces

Western Canada

Western Canada, also referred to as the Western provinces and commonly as the West, is a region of Canada that includes the four provinces west of the province of Ontario.- Provinces :...

, and one from the Atlantic provinces

Atlantic Canada

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. Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada are appointed by the Governor General on the advice of the Cabinet

Cabinet of Canada

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. To be eligible for a justice position, one must have been a judge of a superior court

Superior court

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, or a member of the bar

Bar association

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for ten or more years. A Supreme Court justice, as with all federal judges, may sit on the bench only until the age of 75 years.

In this list, justices are placed in the order in which they took the judicial oath of office and thereby started their term of office. While many of the justices' position prior to appointment are simply listed as "lawyer," many had part time positions (such as teaching) or acted as counsel to various levels of government.

Justices

#	Name	Province	Birth/Death	Term of Active Service	Term of Service as Chief	Appointment advised by	Position Prior to Appointment
1	Sir William Buell Richards William Buell Richards Sir William Buell Richards, PC, Kt was the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.Richards was born in Brockville, Upper Canada to Stephen Richards and Phoebe Buell. He earned law degree at the St. Lawrence Academy in Potsdam, New York and then articled with his uncle Andrew Norton...	Ontario Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....	1815 – 1889	September 30, 1875–January 10, 1879	September 30, 1875–January 10, 1879	Mackenzie Alexander Mackenzie Alexander Mackenzie, PC , a building contractor and newspaper editor, was the second Prime Minister of Canada from November 7, 1873 to October 8, 1878.-Biography:...	Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas Court of Common Pleas (England) The Court of Common Pleas, or Common Bench, was a common law court in the English legal system that covered "common pleas"; actions between subject and subject, which did not concern the king. Created in the late 12th to early 13th century after splitting from the Exchequer of Pleas, the Common... for Canada West
2	William Johnstone Ritchie William Johnstone Ritchie Sir William Johnstone Ritchie was one of the first judges appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada and became the second Chief Justice of the court....	New Brunswick New Brunswick New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...	1813 – 1892	September 30, 1875–September 25, 1892	January 11, 1879–September 25, 1892	Mackenzie Alexander Mackenzie Alexander Mackenzie, PC , a building contractor and newspaper editor, was the second Prime Minister of Canada from November 7, 1873 to October 8, 1878.-Biography:...	Chief Justice of New Brunswick Chief Justice of New Brunswick The Chief Justice of the Province of New Brunswick, Canada holds the highest office within the Province's judicial system. He/she is part of the Court of Appeal, the highest court in the Province which includes five other judges plus any former judge of the Court of Appeal who is a supernumerary...
3	Samuel Henry Strong Samuel Henry Strong Sir Samuel Henry Strong, PC, QC was a jurist and Chief Justice of Canada.Strong was born in Poole, England to Samuel Spratt Strong and Jane Elizabeth Goose. He emigrated to Upper Canada with his family in 1836 settling in Bytown . He studied law in the office of local Ottawa lawyer Augustus Keefer...	Ontario Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....	1825 – 1909	September 30, 1875 – November 18, 1902	December 13, 1892 – November 18, 1902	Mackenzie Alexander Mackenzie Alexander Mackenzie, PC , a building contractor and newspaper editor, was the second Prime Minister of Canada from November 7, 1873 to October 8, 1878.-Biography:...	Ontario Court of Error & Appeal
4	Jean-Thomas Taschereau Jean-Thomas Taschereau (jurist) Jean-Thomas Taschereau was a Canadian lawyer and judge.Born in Quebec City, Lower Canada , the son of...	Quebec Quebec Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....	1814 – 1893	September 30, 1875 – October 6, 1878	(none)	Mackenzie Alexander Mackenzie Alexander Mackenzie, PC , a building contractor and newspaper editor, was the second Prime Minister of Canada from November 7, 1873 to October 8, 1878.-Biography:...	Court of Queen's Bench of Quebec Quebec Court of Appeal The Court of Appeal for Quebec is the highest judicial court in Quebec, Canada....
5	Télesphore Fournier Télesphore Fournier Télesphore Fournier, PC was a Canadian politician and jurist.Born in Saint-François-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, Lower Canada , the son of Guillaume Fournier and Marie-Archange Morin, he was called to the bar in 1846...	Quebec Quebec Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....	1823 – 1896	September 30, 1875 - September 12, 1895	(none)	Mackenzie Alexander Mackenzie Alexander Mackenzie, PC , a building contractor and newspaper editor, was the second Prime Minister of Canada from November 7, 1873 to October 8, 1878.-Biography:...

|Postmaster General

Postmaster General of Canada

The Postmaster General of Canada was the Canadian cabinet minister responsible for the Post Office Department . In 1851, management of the post office was transferred from Britain to the provincial governments of the Province of Canada, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward...

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|William Alexander Henry

William Alexander Henry

William Alexander Henry was a Canadian lawyer, politician, judge and one of the Fathers of Confederation....

|Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...

|1816 – 1888
|September 30, 1875 - May 3, 1888
|(none)
|Mackenzie

Alexander Mackenzie

Alexander Mackenzie, PC , a building contractor and newspaper editor, was the second Prime Minister of Canada from November 7, 1873 to October 8, 1878.-Biography:...

|Lawyer

Lawyer

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Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

|1836 – 1911
|October 7, 1878 - May 2, 1906
|November 21, 1902 – May 2, 1906
|Mackenzie

Alexander Mackenzie

Alexander Mackenzie, PC , a building contractor and newspaper editor, was the second Prime Minister of Canada from November 7, 1873 to October 8, 1878.-Biography:...

|Quebec Superior Court

Quebec Superior Court

Quebec Superior Court is the highest trial Court in the Province of Quebec, Canada. It consists of 144 judges who are appointed by the federal government.Chief Justices : [partial listing]* Edward Bowen...

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|John Wellington Gwynne

John Wellington Gwynne

John Wellington Gwynne, was a Canadian lawyer and Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.Born in Castleknock, Ireland, the son of William Gwynne and Eliza Nelson, he emigrated to Canada in 1832....

|Ontario

Ontario

Christopher Salmon Patterson

Christopher Salmon Patterson was a Canadian Puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Canada.Born in London, England, the son of John and Ann Patterson, he studied at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution in Ireland. In 1845, he emigrated to Picton, Canada West , Canada...

|Ontario

Ontario

Robert Sedgewick (jurist)

Robert Sedgewick was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.Born in Aberdeen, Scotland, Sedgewick's family immigrated to Nova Scotia while he was still an infant. He was educated at Dalhousie University in Halifax, graduating in 1867...

|Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

Department of Justice (Canada)

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New Brunswick

New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...

Court of Queen's Bench of New Brunswick

The Court of Queen's Bench of New Brunswick is the superior court of the Canadian province of New Brunswick.- Structure :...

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|Désiré Girouard

Désiré Girouard

Désiré Girouard was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.Born in Saint-Timothée, Lower Canada , the son of Jérémie Girouard and Hyppolite Picard, he received his Bachelor of Common Law from McGill University in 1860...

|Quebec

Quebec

|1836 – 1911
|September 28, 1895 - March 22, 1911
|(none)
|Bowell

Mackenzie Bowell

Sir Mackenzie Bowell, PC, KCMG was a Canadian politician who served as the fifth Prime Minister of Canada from December 21, 1894 to April 27, 1896.-Early life:Bowell was born in Rickinghall, Suffolk, England to John Bowell and Elizabeth Marshall...

|Member of Parliament for Jacques Cartier

Jacques Cartier (electoral district)

Jacques Cartier was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1953.It was created by the British North America Act of 1867...

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|Sir Louis Henry Davies

Louis Henry Davies

Sir Louis Henry Davies, was a Prince Edward Island lawyer, businessman and politician, the third Premier...

|Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island is a Canadian province consisting of an island of the same name, as well as other islands. The maritime province is the smallest in the nation in both land area and population...

|1845 – 1924
|September 25, 1901 - May 1, 1924
| November 23, 1918 – May 1, 1924
|Laurier

Wilfrid Laurier

Sir Wilfrid Laurier, GCMG, PC, KC, baptized Henri-Charles-Wilfrid Laurier was the seventh Prime Minister of Canada from 11 July 1896 to 6 October 1911....

|Member of Parliament for West Queen's

West Queen's

West Queen's was a federal electoral district in Prince Edward Island, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1896 to 1904.This riding was created in 1892 from parts of Queen's County riding....

Ontario

|1831 – 1903
|February 8, 1902 - May 8, 1903
|(none)
|Laurier

Wilfrid Laurier

Sir Wilfrid Laurier, GCMG, PC, KC, baptized Henri-Charles-Wilfrid Laurier was the seventh Prime Minister of Canada from 11 July 1896 to 6 October 1911....

|Minister of Justice

Minister of Justice (Canada)

The Minister of Justice is the Minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who is responsible for the Department of Justice and is also Attorney General of Canada .This cabinet position is usually reserved for someone with formal legal training...

Leader of the Government in the Senate

Leader of the Government in the Senate (Canada)

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|John Douglas Armour

John Douglas Armour

John Douglas Armour was a Canadian Puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Canada.Born in the township of Otonabee, Upper Canada , the son of Samuel Armour, he was educated at Upper Canada College, and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1850 from the University of Toronto...

|Ontario

Ontario

|1830 – 1903
|November 21, 1902 - July 11, 1903
|(none)
|Laurier

Wilfrid Laurier

Sir Wilfrid Laurier, GCMG, PC, KC, baptized Henri-Charles-Wilfrid Laurier was the seventh Prime Minister of Canada from 11 July 1896 to 6 October 1911....

Wallace Nesbitt

Wallace Nesbitt, was a Canadian lawyer and Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.Born in Woodstock, Canada West , the son of John W. Nesbitt and Mary Wallace, he was called to the Ontario Bar in 1881. A practicing lawyer, he was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada in 1903...

|Ontario

Ontario

|1858 – 1930
|May 16, 1903 - October 4, 1905
|(none)
|Laurier

Wilfrid Laurier

Sir Wilfrid Laurier, GCMG, PC, KC, baptized Henri-Charles-Wilfrid Laurier was the seventh Prime Minister of Canada from 11 July 1896 to 6 October 1911....

|Lawyer

Lawyer

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|Albert Clements Killam

Albert Clements Killam

Albert Clements Killam, QC was a Canadian lawyer, politician, judge, railway commissioner, and Puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Canada...

|Manitoba

Manitoba

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|1849 – 1908
|August 8, 1903 - February 6, 1905
|(none)
|Laurier

Wilfrid Laurier

Sir Wilfrid Laurier, GCMG, PC, KC, baptized Henri-Charles-Wilfrid Laurier was the seventh Prime Minister of Canada from 11 July 1896 to 6 October 1911....

|Chief Justice of Manitoba

Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba

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|John Idington

John Idington

John Idington, QC, LL.B was a Canadian justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.Born in Puslinch, Upper Canada , the son of Peter Idington and Catherine Stewart, he received his LL.B degree from the University of Toronto and was called to the Ontario Bar both in 1864...

|Ontario

Ontario

|1840 – 1928
|February 10, 1905 - March 31, 1927
|(none)
|Laurier

Wilfrid Laurier

Sir Wilfrid Laurier, GCMG, PC, KC, baptized Henri-Charles-Wilfrid Laurier was the seventh Prime Minister of Canada from 11 July 1896 to 6 October 1911....

|High Court of Justice of Ontario

Ontario Superior Court of Justice

The Superior Court of Justice is the superior court of general jurisdiction for the Province of Ontario, Canada. It is the successor to the former Ontario Court of Justice , and was created on April 19, 1999...

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|James Maclennan

James Maclennan

James Maclennan was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and Puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Canada.Born in the township of Lancaster, Upper Canada , the son of Roderick Maclennan and Mary Macpherson, he received a Bachelor of Arts from Queen's University in 1849. He studied to be a lawyer and was...

|Ontario

Ontario

|1833 – 1915
|October 5, 1905 - February 13, 1909
|(none)
|Laurier

Wilfrid Laurier

Sir Wilfrid Laurier, GCMG, PC, KC, baptized Henri-Charles-Wilfrid Laurier was the seventh Prime Minister of Canada from 11 July 1896 to 6 October 1911....

Charles Fitzpatrick

Sir Charles Fitzpatrick, PC, GCMG was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He was born in Quebec City, Canada East, to John Fitzpatrick and Mary Connolly....

| Quebec

Quebec

|1853 - 1942
| June 4, 1906 – November 21, 1918
| June 4, 1906 – November 21, 1918
|Laurier

Wilfrid Laurier

Sir Wilfrid Laurier, GCMG, PC, KC, baptized Henri-Charles-Wilfrid Laurier was the seventh Prime Minister of Canada from 11 July 1896 to 6 October 1911....

|Minister of Justice

Minister of Justice (Canada)

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|Lyman Poore Duff

Lyman Poore Duff

Sir Lyman Poore Duff, GCMG, PC, QC was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada and briefly served as Acting Governor General of Canada in 1931 and 1940....

|British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

|1865 – 1955
|September 27, 1906 –January 2, 1944
| March 17, 1933 –January 2, 1944
|Laurier

Wilfrid Laurier

Sir Wilfrid Laurier, GCMG, PC, KC, baptized Henri-Charles-Wilfrid Laurier was the seventh Prime Minister of Canada from 11 July 1896 to 6 October 1911....

|Supreme Court of British Columbia

Supreme Court of British Columbia

The Supreme Court of British Columbia is the superior trial court for the province of British Columbia. The BCSC hears civil and criminal law cases as well as appeals from the Provincial Court of British Columbia. Including supernumerary judges, there are presently 108 judges...

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|Francis Alexander Anglin

Francis Alexander Anglin

Francis Alexander Anglin PC was Chief Justice of Canada from 1924 until 1933.Born in Saint John, New Brunswick, one of 9 children of Parliamentarian Timothy Anglin, and elder brother to the renowned stage actress, Margaret Anglin, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of...

|Ontario

Ontario

|1865 - 1933
|February 23, 1909 – February 28, 1933
| September 16, 1924 – February 28, 1933
|Laurier

Wilfrid Laurier

Sir Wilfrid Laurier, GCMG, PC, KC, baptized Henri-Charles-Wilfrid Laurier was the seventh Prime Minister of Canada from 11 July 1896 to 6 October 1911....

|High Court of Justice of Ontario (Exchequer Division)

Ontario Superior Court of Justice

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|Louis-Philippe Brodeur

Louis-Philippe Brodeur

Louis-Philippe Brodeur, PC, QC baptised Louis-Joseph-Alexandre Brodeur was a Canadian parliamentarian and public servant....

|Quebec

Quebec

|1862 – 1924
|August 11, 1911 - October 10, 1923
|(none)
|Laurier

Wilfrid Laurier

Sir Wilfrid Laurier, GCMG, PC, KC, baptized Henri-Charles-Wilfrid Laurier was the seventh Prime Minister of Canada from 11 July 1896 to 6 October 1911....

|Minister of the Naval Service

Minister of the Naval Service (Canada)

The Minister of the Naval Service was the federal government minister charged with oversight of the Royal Canadian Navy.In 1923 the National Defence Act merged the position of Minister of Militia and Defence with the Minister of the Naval Service....

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|Pierre-Basile Mignault

Pierre-Basile Mignault

Pierre-Basile Mignault was a Canadian lawyer and Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, the son of Pierre-Basile Mignault and Catherine O'Callaghan, he received a Bachelor of Civil Law dgree from McGill University in 1878. He was called to the Quebec Bar in...

|Quebec

Quebec

International Joint Commission

The International Joint Commission is an independent binational organization established by the United States and Canada under the Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909.The Commission has responsibilities related to the following treaties and agreements:...

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|Arthur Cyrille Albert Malouin

Arthur Cyrille Albert Malouin

Arthur Cyrille Albert Malouin was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada....

|Quebec

Quebec

|1857 – 1936
|January 30, 1924 - October 1, 1924
|(none)
|King

William Lyon Mackenzie King

William Lyon Mackenzie King, PC, OM, CMG was the dominant Canadian political leader from the 1920s through the 1940s. He served as the tenth Prime Minister of Canada from December 29, 1921 to June 28, 1926; from September 25, 1926 to August 7, 1930; and from October 23, 1935 to November 15, 1948...

|Quebec Superior Court

Quebec Superior Court

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|Edmund Leslie Newcombe

Edmund Leslie Newcombe

Edmund Leslie Newcombe, was a Canadian lawyer, civil servant, and Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada....

|Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

|1859 – 1931
|September 16, 1924 - December 9, 1931
|(none)
|King

William Lyon Mackenzie King

|Deputy Minister of Justice

Department of Justice (Canada)

The purpose of the Department of Justice is to ensure that the Canadian justice system is fair, accessible and efficient. The Department also represents the Canadian government in legal matters...

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|Thibaudeau Rinfret

Thibaudeau Rinfret

Thibaudeau Rinfret, PC was a Canadian jurist and Chief Justice of Canada and acting Governor General of Canada in 1952.-Personal life:...

|Quebec

Quebec

|1879 – 1962
|October 1, 1924 – June 22, 1954
| January 8, 1944 – June 22, 1954
|King

William Lyon Mackenzie King

|Quebec Superior Court

Quebec Superior Court

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|John Henderson Lamont

John Henderson Lamont

John Henderson Lamont was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada....

|Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....

|1865 – 1936
|April 2, 1927 - March 10, 1936
|(none)
|King

William Lyon Mackenzie King

|Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan

Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan

The Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan is the highest superior appeal court in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. It hears appeals from the Court of Queen's Bench for Saskatchewan as well as the Provincial Court of Saskatchewan and administrative tribunals...

Ontario

|1858 – 1942
|May 18, 1927 - December 7, 1933
|(none)
|King

William Lyon Mackenzie King

|High Court of Justice of Ontario (Appellate Division)

Ontario Superior Court of Justice

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|Lawrence Arthur Dumoulin Cannon

Lawrence Arthur Dumoulin Cannon

Lawrence Arthur Dumoulin Cannon was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada....

|Quebec

Quebec

|1877 – 1939
|January 14, 1930 - December 25, 1939
|(none)
|King

William Lyon Mackenzie King

|Court of King's Bench for Quebec

Quebec Court of Appeal

The Court of Appeal for Quebec is the highest judicial court in Quebec, Canada....

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|Oswald Smith Crocket

Oswald Smith Crocket

Oswald Smith Crocket was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada....

|New Brunswick

New Brunswick

Court of Queen's Bench of New Brunswick

The Court of Queen's Bench of New Brunswick is the superior court of the Canadian province of New Brunswick.- Structure :...

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|Frank Joseph Hughes

Frank Joseph Hughes

Frank Joseph Hughes was a Canadian lawyer and puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Canada.Born in Peel County, Ontario, the son of James Hughes and Winnifred Mullarkey, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Queen's University in 1907 and studied at Osgoode Hall Law School. In 1911, he was...

|Ontario

Ontario

Lawyer

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|Henry Hague Davis

Henry Hague Davis

Henry Hague Davis was a Canadian lawyer and Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.Born in Brockville, Ontario, the son of William Henry Davis and Eliza Dowsley, he received a Bachelor of Arts in 1907, a Master of Arts in 1909 and a Bachelor of Laws in 1911 all from the University of Toronto...

|Ontario

Ontario

Patrick Kerwin

Patrick Kerwin, PC , was a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.Kerwin was born in Sarnia, Ontario to Patrick Kerwin and Ellen Gavin. After graduating from the Sarnia Collegiate Institute at the age of 16, he enrolled at Osgoode Hall Law School in 1906. He articled in Sarnia with R. V...

|Ontario

Ontario

Ontario Superior Court of Justice

Manitoba

|1875 - 1947
|March 24, 1936 - January 6, 1947
|(none)
|King

William Lyon Mackenzie King

|Lawyer

Lawyer

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|Robert Taschereau

Robert Taschereau

Robert Taschereau, CC, PC was a lawyer who became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada and who briefly served as acting Governor General of Canada following the death of Georges Vanier in 1967.-Biography:...

|Quebec

Quebec

|1896 – 1970
|February 9, 1940 – September 1, 1967
| April 22, 1963 – September 1, 1967
|King

William Lyon Mackenzie King

|Lawyer

Lawyer

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|Ivan Cleveland Rand

Ivan Rand

Ivan Cleveland Rand, CC was a Canadian lawyer, politician, academic, and Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada....

|New Brunswick

New Brunswick

|1884 – 1969
|April 22, 1943 - April 27, 1959
|(none)
|King

William Lyon Mackenzie King

|Lawyer

Lawyer

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|Roy Lindsay Kellock

Roy Kellock

Roy Lindsay Kellock, was a Canadian Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. Born in Perth, Ontario, he graduated from McMaster University with a B.A. in 1915. Justice Kellock was called to bar in 1920 and appointed to the Court of Appeal for Ontario in 1942...

|Ontario

Ontario

|1893 - 1975
|October 3, 1944 - January 15, 1958
|(none)
|King

William Lyon Mackenzie King

James Wilfred Estey

James Wilfred Estey was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and jurist.Born in Keswick Ridge, New Brunswick, the son of Byron Leslie Estey and Sarah Ann Kee, he received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of New Brunswick in 1910. In 1915, he received a Bachelor of Law from Harvard University in...

|Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

|1889 – 1956
|October 6, 1944 - January 22, 1956
|(none)
|King

William Lyon Mackenzie King

|Attorney General of Saskatchewan

Attorney General

In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general, or attorney-general, is the main legal advisor to the government, and in some jurisdictions he or she may also have executive responsibility for law enforcement or responsibility for public prosecutions.The term is used to refer to any person...

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

|1887 - 1980
|June 3, 1947 - September 16, 1962
|(none)
|King

William Lyon Mackenzie King

|Lawyer

Lawyer

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|John Robert Cartwright

John Robert Cartwright

John Robert Cartwright, was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.Born in Toronto, Cartwright was the son of James Strachan Cartwright and Jane Elizabeth Young...

|Ontario

Ontario

|1895 – 1979
|December 22, 1949 – March 23, 1970
| September 1, 1967 – March 23, 1970
|St. Laurent

Louis St. Laurent

Louis Stephen St. Laurent, PC, CC, QC , was the 12th Prime Minister of Canada from 15 November 1948, to 21 June 1957....

|Lawyer

Lawyer

Quebec

|1900 – 1980
|December 22, 1949 – December 23, 1973
| March 23, 1970 – December 23, 1973
|St. Laurent

Louis St. Laurent

Louis Stephen St. Laurent, PC, CC, QC , was the 12th Prime Minister of Canada from 15 November 1948, to 21 June 1957....

|Quebec Superior Court

Quebec Superior Court

Quebec

|1899 – 1987
|July 1, 1954 - December 23, 1973
|(none)
|St. Laurent

Louis St. Laurent

Louis Stephen St. Laurent, PC, CC, QC , was the 12th Prime Minister of Canada from 15 November 1948, to 21 June 1957....

|Minister of Finance

Minister of Finance (Canada)

The Minister of Finance is the Minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who is responsible each year for presenting the federal government's budget...

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|Henry Grattan Nolan

Henry Grattan Nolan

Henry Grattan Nolan, was a Canadian lawyer and jurist.Born in Calgary, Alberta, the son of Patrick James "Paddy" Nolan, a criminal defence lawyer, and Mary Elizabeth Lee, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Alberta in 1914 and was awarded a Rhodes scholarship for Alberta...

|Alberta

Alberta

Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

|1893 – 1957
|March 1, 1956 - July 8, 1957
|(none)
|St. Laurent

Louis St. Laurent

Louis Stephen St. Laurent, PC, CC, QC , was the 12th Prime Minister of Canada from 15 November 1948, to 21 June 1957....

|Lawyer

Lawyer

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|Ronald Martland

Ronald Martland

Ronald Martland, CC, QC, AOE was a Canadian Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.Born in Liverpool, England, he was the second Albertan ever to be appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada. Justice Martland attended the University of Alberta and obtained a B.A. in 1926 and an LL.B in 1928...

|Alberta

Alberta

Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

|1909 - 1997
|January 15, 1958 - February 10, 1982
|(none)
|Diefenbaker

John Diefenbaker

John George Diefenbaker, PC, CH, QC was the 13th Prime Minister of Canada, serving from June 21, 1957, to April 22, 1963...

|Lawyer

Lawyer

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|Wilfred Judson

Wilfred Judson

Wilfred Judson, was a Canadian lawyer and Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.Born in Todmorden, England, he received a BA in 1922 and an MA in 1923 from the University of Manchester. In 1923 he emigrated to Canada and graduated from Osgoode Hall Law School and was called to the bar in...

|Ontario

Ontario

|1902 – 1980
|February 5, 1958 - July 20, 1977
|(none)
|Diefenbaker

John Diefenbaker

John George Diefenbaker, PC, CH, QC was the 13th Prime Minister of Canada, serving from June 21, 1957, to April 22, 1963...

|High Court of Justice of Ontario

Ontario Superior Court of Justice

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|Roland Almon Ritchie

Roland Ritchie

Roland Almon Ritchie, CC was a Canadian lawyer and Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the son of William Bruce Almon Ritchie and Lillian Stewart, he received a B.A. from the University of King's College in 1930, a B.A. in 1932 from Oxford University, and was...

|Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

|1910 - 1988
|May 5, 1959 - October 31, 1984
|(none)
|Diefenbaker

John Diefenbaker

John George Diefenbaker, PC, CH, QC was the 13th Prime Minister of Canada, serving from June 21, 1957, to April 22, 1963...

|Lawyer

Lawyer

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|Emmett Matthew Hall

Emmett Matthew Hall

Emmett Matthew Hall, CC, QC was a Canadian jurist and civil libertarian and is considered one of the fathers of the Canadian system of Medicare....

|Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

|1898 - 1995
|November 23, 1962 - March 1, 1973
|(none)
|Diefenbaker

John Diefenbaker

John George Diefenbaker, PC, CH, QC was the 13th Prime Minister of Canada, serving from June 21, 1957, to April 22, 1963...

|Chief Justice of Saskatchewan

Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan

Ontario

|1904 - 1998
|May 30, 1963 - December 29, 1978
|(none)
|Pearson

Lester B. Pearson

Lester Bowles "Mike" Pearson, PC, OM, CC, OBE was a Canadian professor, historian, civil servant, statesman, diplomat, and politician, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1957 for organizing the United Nations Emergency Force to resolve the Suez Canal Crisis...

|High Court of Justice of Ontario

Ontario Superior Court of Justice

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|Louis-Philippe Pigeon

Louis-Philippe Pigeon

Louis-Philippe Pigeon, CC was a judge of the Supreme Court of Canada.Born Henryville, Quebec in 1905, the son of Arthur Pigeon and Maria Demers, he studied at Université Laval and obtained an LL.L in 1928...

|Quebec

Quebec

|1905 – 1986
|September 21, 1967 - February 8, 1980
|(none)
|Pearson

Lester B. Pearson

|Lawyer

Lawyer

|-
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|Bora Laskin

Bora Laskin

Bora Laskin, PC, CC, FRSC was a Canadian jurist, who served on the Supreme Court of Canada for fourteen years, including a decade as its Chief Justice.-Early life:...

|Ontario

Ontario

|1912 – 1984
|March 19, 1970– March 26, 1984
| December 27, 1973 – March 26, 1984
|Trudeau

Pierre Trudeau

Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau, , usually known as Pierre Trudeau or Pierre Elliott Trudeau, was the 15th Prime Minister of Canada from April 20, 1968 to June 4, 1979, and again from March 3, 1980 to June 30, 1984.Trudeau began his political career campaigning for socialist ideals,...

Brian Dickson

Robert George Brian Dickson, , commonly known as Brian Dickson, was appointed Chief Justice of Canada on April 18, 1984. He retired on June 30, 1990 and died October 17, 1998.-Career:...

|Manitoba

Manitoba

|1916 – 1998
|March 26, 1973 – June 30, 1990
| April 18, 1984 – June 30, 1990
|Trudeau

Pierre Trudeau

|Manitoba Court of Appeal

Manitoba Court of Appeal

The Manitoba Court of Appeal is the highest Court of Appeal in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was established in 1906. It is located in the Old Law Courts building at 408 York Avenue in Winnipeg, the capital city of Manitoba...

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|Jean Beetz

Jean Beetz

Jean-Marie Philémon Joseph Beetz, was a Canadian jurist and puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada....

|Quebec

Quebec

|1927 – 1991
|January 1, 1974 - November 10, 1988
|(none)
|Trudeau

Pierre Trudeau

|Quebec Court of Appeal

Quebec Court of Appeal

The Court of Appeal for Quebec is the highest judicial court in Quebec, Canada....

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|Louis-Philippe de Grandpré

Louis-Philippe de Grandpré

Louis-Philippe de Grandpré, was a Canadian lawyer and Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.Born in Montreal, Quebec to Roland de Grandpré and Aline Magnan, he studied at McGill University and received a BCL in 1938...

|Quebec

Quebec

|1917 - 2008
|January 1, 1974 - October 1, 1977
|(none)
|Trudeau

Pierre Trudeau

|President of the Canadian Bar Association

Canadian Bar Association

The Canadian Bar Association represents over 37,000 lawyers, judges, notaries, law teachers, and law students from across Canada.-History:The Association's first Annual Meeting was held in Montreal in 1896. However, the CBA has been in continuous existence in its present form since 1914...

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|Willard Zebedee Estey

Willard Estey

Willard Zebedee "Bud" Estey, was a Canadian justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.Estey was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He was the son of James Wilfred Estey, a puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, and Muriel Baldwin. He studied at the University of Saskatchewan earning a BA in...

|Ontario

Ontario

|1919 - 2002
|September 29, 1977 - April 22, 1988
|(none)
|Trudeau

Pierre Trudeau

Yves Pratte

Yves Pratte was a Canadian lawyer and jurist who served briefly as a Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada....

|Quebec

Quebec

|1925 – 1988
|October 1, 1977 - June 30, 1979
|(none)
|Trudeau

Pierre Trudeau

|Chairman of Air Canada

Air Canada

Air Canada is the flag carrier and largest airline of Canada. The airline, founded in 1936, provides scheduled and charter air transport for passengers and cargo to 178 destinations worldwide. It is the world's tenth largest passenger airline by number of destinations, and the airline is a...

|-
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|William Rogers McIntyre

William McIntyre

William Rogers McIntyre, CC was a Canadian Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.Born in Lachine, Quebec, the son of Charles Sidney McIntyre and Pauline May Sifton, he moved with his family to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan when he was young. In 1939, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from...

|British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

|1918 - 2009
|January 1, 1979 - February 15, 1989
|(none)
|Trudeau

Pierre Trudeau

|British Columbia Court of Appeal

British Columbia Court of Appeal

The British Columbia Court of Appeal is the highest appellate court in the province of British Columbia, Canada. The BCCA hears appeals from the Supreme Court of British Columbia and a number of boards and tribunals. The BCCA also hears criminal appeals from the Provincial Court of British...

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|Julien Chouinard

Julien Chouinard

Julien Chouinard, was a Canadian lawyer, civil servant and Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada....

|Quebec

Quebec

|1929 – 1987
|September 24, 1979 - February 6, 1987
|(none)
|Clark

Joe Clark

Charles Joseph "Joe" Clark, is a Canadian statesman, businessman, and university professor, and former journalist and politician...

|Quebec Court of Appeal

Quebec Court of Appeal

The Court of Appeal for Quebec is the highest judicial court in Quebec, Canada....

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|Antonio Lamer

Antonio Lamer

Joseph Antonio Charles Lamer, PC, CC, CD was a Canadian lawyer, jurist and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.-Personal life:...

|Quebec

Quebec

|1933 - 2007
|March 28, 1980 – January 6, 2000
| July 1, 1990 – January 6, 2000
|Trudeau

Pierre Trudeau

|Quebec Court of Appeal

Quebec Court of Appeal

The Court of Appeal for Quebec is the highest judicial court in Quebec, Canada....

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|Bertha Wilson

Bertha Wilson

Bertha Wernham Wilson, CC was a Canadian jurist and the first woman Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.-Early life:...

|Ontario

Ontario

|1923 - 2007
|March 4, 1982 - January 4, 1991
|(none)
|Trudeau

Pierre Trudeau

Gerald Le Dain

Gerald Eric Le Dain, CC was a Canadian lawyer and judge, who sat on the Supreme Court of Canada from 1984 to 1988....

|Ontario

Ontario

|1924 - 2007
|May 29, 1984 - November 30, 1988
|(none)
|Trudeau

Pierre Trudeau

|Federal Court of Appeal

Federal Court of Appeal (Canada)

The Federal Court of Appeal is a Canadian appellate court that hears cases concerning federal matters arising from certain federal Acts. The court was created on July 2, 2003 by the Courts Administration Service Act when it and the Federal Court were split from its predecessor, the Federal Court of...

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| style="text-align:right;" | 62
|Gérard La Forest

Gérard La Forest

Gérard Vincent La Forest, CC, QC, FRSC, LL.D was a Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada from January 16, 1985 to September 30, 1997....

|New Brunswick

New Brunswick

|1926 -
|January 16, 1985 - September 30, 1997
|(none)
|Mulroney

Brian Mulroney

Martin Brian Mulroney, was the 18th Prime Minister of Canada from September 17, 1984, to June 25, 1993 and was leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1983 to 1993. His tenure as Prime Minister was marked by the introduction of major economic reforms, such as the Canada-U.S...

Claire L'Heureux-Dubé

Claire L'Heureux-Dubé, served as a justice on the Supreme Court of Canada from 1987 to 2002. She was the first woman from Quebec and the second woman appointed to this position.- Personal history :...

|Quebec

Quebec

|1927 -
|April 15, 1987 - July 1, 2002
|(none)
|Mulroney

Brian Mulroney

|Quebec Court of Appeal

Quebec Court of Appeal

The Court of Appeal for Quebec is the highest judicial court in Quebec, Canada....

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|John Sopinka

John Sopinka

John Sopinka, QC was a Canadian lawyer and puisne justice on the Supreme Court of Canada, the first Ukrainian-Canadian appointed to the high court....

|Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

|1933 - 1997
|May 24, 1988 - November 24, 1997
|(none)
|Mulroney

Brian Mulroney

|Lawyer

Lawyer

|-
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|Charles Gonthier

Charles Gonthier

Charles Doherty Gonthier, was a Puisne judge on the Supreme Court of Canada from February 1, 1989 to August 1, 2003. He was replaced by Morris Fish.-Early life:...

|Quebec

Quebec

|1928 - 2009
|February 1, 1989 - August 1, 2003
|(none)
|Mulroney

Brian Mulroney

|Quebec Court of Appeal

Quebec Court of Appeal

The Court of Appeal for Quebec is the highest judicial court in Quebec, Canada....

Ontario

|1925 -
|February 1, 1989 - June 1, 1999
|(none)
|Mulroney

Brian Mulroney

Beverley McLachlin

Beverley McLachlin, PC is the Chief Justice of Canada, the first woman to hold this position. She also serves as a Deputy of the Governor General of Canada.-Early life:...

|British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

|1943 -
|March 30, 1989 – present
| January 7, 2000 – present
|Mulroney

Brian Mulroney

|Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia

Supreme Court of British Columbia

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|William Stevenson

William Stevenson (judge)

William Alexander Stevenson, OC was a Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada from 1990 to 1992.-Early life:Stevenson was born in Edmonton, Alberta to Alexander Lindsay Stevenson and Eileen Harriet Burns. In 1956, he graduated from the University of Alberta with a B.A., and then an LL.B....

|Alberta

Alberta

Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

|1934 -
|September 17, 1990 - June 5, 1992
|(none)
|Mulroney

Brian Mulroney

|Court of Appeal of Alberta

Court of Appeal of Alberta

The Court of Appeal of Alberta is an Canadian appellate court.-Jurisdiction and Hierarchy within Canadian Courts:The Court is the highest court in Alberta, Canada...

Court of Appeal for the Northwest Territories

The Court of Appeal for the Northwest Territories is the highest appellate court which hears appeals from criminal cases and civil cases of the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories....

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|Frank Iacobucci

Frank Iacobucci

Frank Iacobucci, CC was a Puisne Justice on the Supreme Court of Canada from 1991 to 2004 when he retired from the bench. He is an expert in business and tax law.-Early career:...

|Ontario

Ontario

|1937 -
|January 7, 1991 - June 30, 2004
|(none)
|Mulroney

Brian Mulroney

|Chief Justice of the Federal Court

Federal Court of Canada

The Federal Court of Canada was a national court of Canada that heard some types of disputes arising under the central government's legislative jurisdiction...

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|John C. Major

John C. Major

John Charles "Jack" Major, CC, QC is a Canadian jurist and was a puisne justice on the Supreme Court of Canada from 1992 to 2005....

|Alberta

Alberta

Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

|1931 -
|November 13, 1992 - December 25, 2005
|(none)
|Mulroney

Brian Mulroney

|Court of Appeal of Alberta

Court of Appeal of Alberta

The Court of Appeal of Alberta is an Canadian appellate court.-Jurisdiction and Hierarchy within Canadian Courts:The Court is the highest court in Alberta, Canada...

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|Michel Bastarache

Michel Bastarache

J. E. Michel Bastarache is a Canadian lawyer, businessman, and retired puisne justice on the Supreme Court of Canada....

|New Brunswick

New Brunswick

|1947 -
|September 30, 1997 - June 30, 2008
|(none)
|Chrétien

Jean Chrétien

Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien , known commonly as Jean Chrétien is a former Canadian politician who was the 20th Prime Minister of Canada. He served in the position for over ten years, from November 4, 1993 to December 12, 2003....

Ontario

|1939 -
|January 8, 1998 - October 21, 2011
|(none)
|Chrétien

Jean Chrétien

|Lawyer

Lawyer

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|Louise Arbour

Louise Arbour

Louise Arbour, is the former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, a former justice of the Supreme Court of Canada and the Court of Appeal for Ontario and a former Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda...

|Ontario

Ontario

|1947 -
|September 15, 1999 - June 30, 2004
|(none)
|Chrétien

Jean Chrétien

|Chief Prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia

International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia

The International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991, more commonly referred to as the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia or ICTY, is a...

and for Rwanda

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda is an international court established in November 1994 by the United Nations Security Council in Resolution 955 in order to judge people responsible for the Rwandan Genocide and other serious violations of international law in Rwanda, or by Rwandan...

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|Louis LeBel

Louis LeBel

Louis LeBel is a puisne justice on the Supreme Court of Canada.LeBel was born in Quebec City. He was the son of lawyer Paul LeBel, Q.C. He went to school at the Collège des Jésuites, graduating with a BA in 1958 from College des Jesuites. He earned his law degree at Université Laval in 1962 and...

|Quebec

Quebec

|1939 -
|January 7, 2000 - present
|(none)
|Chrétien

Jean Chrétien

|Quebec Court of Appeal

Quebec Court of Appeal

The Court of Appeal for Quebec is the highest judicial court in Quebec, Canada....

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|Marie Deschamps

Marie Deschamps

Marie Deschamps is a puisne justice on the Supreme Court of Canada.-Education:She studied law at the Université de Montréal, graduating in 1974 and completing a Masters in 1983 at McGill.-Career:...

|Quebec

Quebec

|1952 -
|August 7, 2002 - present
|(none)
|Chrétien

Jean Chrétien

|Quebec Court of Appeal

Quebec Court of Appeal

The Court of Appeal for Quebec is the highest judicial court in Quebec, Canada....

Quebec

|1938 -
|August 5, 2003 - present
|(none)
|Chrétien

Jean Chrétien

|Quebec Court of Appeal

Quebec Court of Appeal

The Court of Appeal for Quebec is the highest judicial court in Quebec, Canada....

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|Rosalie Abella

Rosalie Abella

Rosalie Silberman Abella, is a Canadian jurist. She was appointed in 2004 to the Supreme Court of Canada, becoming the first Jewish woman to sit on the Canadian Supreme Court bench.- Early life :...

|Ontario

Ontario

|1946 -
|October 4, 2004 - present
|(none)
|Martin

Paul Martin

Paul Edgar Philippe Martin, PC , also known as Paul Martin, Jr. is a Canadian politician who was the 21st Prime Minister of Canada, as well as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada....

Louise Charron

Louise Charron is a Canadian jurist. She was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada in October, 2004, and is the first native-born Franco-Ontarian Supreme Court judge...

|Ontario

Ontario

|1951 -
|October 4, 2004 - August 30, 2011
|(none)
|Martin

Paul Martin

Paul Edgar Philippe Martin, PC , also known as Paul Martin, Jr. is a Canadian politician who was the 21st Prime Minister of Canada, as well as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada....

Marshall Rothstein

Marshall Rothstein, QC, B.Comm, LLB is a Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.-Early life:Born in Winnipeg to Jewish parents who immigrated from Eastern Europe, he received a Bachelor of Commerce in 1962 and an LL.B. in 1966 from the University of Manitoba...

|Manitoba

Manitoba

|1940 -
|March 1, 2006 - present
|(none)
|Harper

Stephen Harper

Stephen Joseph Harper is the 22nd and current Prime Minister of Canada and leader of the Conservative Party. Harper became prime minister when his party formed a minority government after the 2006 federal election...

|Federal Court of Appeal

Federal Court of Appeal (Canada)

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|Thomas Cromwell

Thomas Cromwell (Canadian jurist)

Thomas Albert Cromwell is a Canadian jurist and current Puisne Justice on the Supreme Court of Canada. On September 5, 2008, Cromwell was nominated to succeed Michel Bastarache on the Supreme Court of Canada by Prime Minister Stephen Harper...

|Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

|1952 -
|December 22, 2008 - present
|(none)
|Harper

Stephen Harper

|Nova Scotia Court of Appeal

Nova Scotia Court of Appeal

The Court of Appeal for Nova Scotia is the highest appeal court in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. There are currently seven Justices and one Chief Justice. The court sits in Halifax, which is the capital of Nova Scotia...

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|Michael J. Moldaver

Michael J. Moldaver

-Education and Early Career:A native of Peterborough, Ontario, Justice Moldaver earned a B.A. from the University of Toronto, before completing his legal training at the school's Faculty of Law, where he graduated in 1971 as a Gold Medalist. He was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1973...

|Ontario

Ontario

|1948 -
|October 21, 2011 - present
|(none)
|Harper

Stephen Harper

Andromache Karakatsanis

Andromache Karakatsanis is a Canadian jurist. She was nominated to the Supreme Court of Canada by Stephen Harper in October 2011. She is the first Greek-Canadian judge on the Court.- Early life :...

|Ontario

Ontario

|1955 -
|October 21, 2011 - present
|(none)
|Harper

Stephen Harper

|Court of Appeal for Ontario

Justice appointments advised by prime minister

William Lyon Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King, PC, OM, CMG was the dominant Canadian political leader from the 1920s through the 1940s. He served as the tenth Prime Minister of Canada from December 29, 1921 to June 28, 1926; from September 25, 1926 to August 7, 1930; and from October 23, 1935 to November 15, 1948...

- 12
Sir Wilfrid Laurier
Wilfrid Laurier
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, GCMG, PC, KC, baptized Henri-Charles-Wilfrid Laurier was the seventh Prime Minister of Canada from 11 July 1896 to 6 October 1911....

- 10
Pierre Trudeau
Pierre Trudeau
Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau, , usually known as Pierre Trudeau or Pierre Elliott Trudeau, was the 15th Prime Minister of Canada from April 20, 1968 to June 4, 1979, and again from March 3, 1980 to June 30, 1984.Trudeau began his political career campaigning for socialist ideals,...

- 10
Brian Mulroney
Brian Mulroney
Martin Brian Mulroney, was the 18th Prime Minister of Canada from September 17, 1984, to June 25, 1993 and was leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1983 to 1993. His tenure as Prime Minister was marked by the introduction of major economic reforms, such as the Canada-U.S...

- 9
Alexander Mackenzie
Alexander Mackenzie
Alexander Mackenzie, PC , a building contractor and newspaper editor, was the second Prime Minister of Canada from November 7, 1873 to October 8, 1878.-Biography:...

- 6
Jean Chrétien
Jean Chrétien
Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien , known commonly as Jean Chrétien is a former Canadian politician who was the 20th Prime Minister of Canada. He served in the position for over ten years, from November 4, 1993 to December 12, 2003....

- 6
Richard B. Bennett - 4
Louis St. Laurent
Louis St. Laurent
Louis Stephen St. Laurent, PC, CC, QC , was the 12th Prime Minister of Canada from 15 November 1948, to 21 June 1957....

- 4
John Diefenbaker
John Diefenbaker
John George Diefenbaker, PC, CH, QC was the 13th Prime Minister of Canada, serving from June 21, 1957, to April 22, 1963...

- 4
Stephen Harper
Stephen Harper
Stephen Joseph Harper is the 22nd and current Prime Minister of Canada and leader of the Conservative Party. Harper became prime minister when his party formed a minority government after the 2006 federal election...

- 4
Sir John A. Macdonald
John A. Macdonald
Sir John Alexander Macdonald, GCB, KCMG, PC, PC , QC was the first Prime Minister of Canada. The dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, his political career spanned almost half a century...

- 2
Sir John S. Thompson - 2
Lester B. Pearson
Lester B. Pearson
Lester Bowles "Mike" Pearson, PC, OM, CC, OBE was a Canadian professor, historian, civil servant, statesman, diplomat, and politician, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1957 for organizing the United Nations Emergency Force to resolve the Suez Canal Crisis...

- 2
Paul Martin
Paul Martin
Paul Edgar Philippe Martin, PC , also known as Paul Martin, Jr. is a Canadian politician who was the 21st Prime Minister of Canada, as well as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada....

- 2
Sir Mackenzie Bowell
Mackenzie Bowell
Sir Mackenzie Bowell, PC, KCMG was a Canadian politician who served as the fifth Prime Minister of Canada from December 21, 1894 to April 27, 1896.-Early life:Bowell was born in Rickinghall, Suffolk, England to John Bowell and Elizabeth Marshall...

- 1
Sir Robert L. Borden - 1
Joe Clark
Joe Clark
Charles Joseph "Joe" Clark, is a Canadian statesman, businessman, and university professor, and former journalist and politician...

- 1

List of Prime Ministers that did not advise any appointments:

Sir John Abbott
John Abbott
Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott, PC, KCMG, QC was the third Prime Minister of Canada. He served in the office for seventeen months, from June 16, 1891 to November 24, 1892. - Life and work :...
Sir Charles Tupper
Charles Tupper
Sir Charles Tupper, 1st Baronet, GCMG, CB, PC was a Canadian father of Confederation: as the Premier of Nova Scotia from 1864 to 1867, he led Nova Scotia into Confederation. He later went on to serve as the sixth Prime Minister of Canada, sworn in to office on May 1, 1896, seven days after...
Arthur Meighen
Arthur Meighen
Arthur Meighen, PC, QC was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served two terms as the ninth Prime Minister of Canada: from July 10, 1920 to December 29, 1921; and from June 29 to September 25, 1926. He was the first Prime Minister born after Confederation, and the only one to represent a riding...
John Turner
John Turner
John Napier Wyndham Turner, PC, CC, QC is an English Canadian lawyer and retired politician, who served as the 17th Prime Minister of Canada from June 30 to September 17, 1984....
Kim Campbell
Kim Campbell
Avril Phædra Douglas "Kim" Campbell, is a Canadian politician, lawyer, university professor, diplomat, and writer. She served as the 19th Prime Minister of Canada, serving from June 25, 1993, to November 4, 1993...

Justices

Justice appointments advised by prime minister

See also