Supreme Court of Canada (Historical)

Past Justices

#	Name	Service duration	Appointed on advice of	Prior position	Other details
81	Michael J. Moldaver	21 October 2011 to present	Harper	Court of Appeal for Ontario
77	Rosalie Abella	Aug 30, 2004 – July 1, 2021	Martin / Cotler (Lib)	Court of Appeal for Ontario (1992 to 2004) McGill law prof (1988 to 1992) Ontario Labour Relations Board (1984 to 1988) Royal Commission on Equality in Employment (1984) Family Court private practice (civil and criminal) (1972 to 1976) Called to bar (1972)	decisions from ONCA decisions as labour board chair decisions as family court judge decisions as counsel Academic articles
84	Clément Gascon	Jun 9, 2014 – 2019	Harper	Quebec Court of Appeal Superior Court (2002 to 2012) Heenan Blaikie McGill grad (1981)
77	Beverley McLachlin	Mar 30, 1989 – Dec 14, 2017 (Judge) Jan 7, 2000 – Dec 14, 2017 (CJ)	Mulroney (Judge) Chrétien (CJ)	Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia
80	Thomas Cromwell	Dec 22, 2008 – Aug 31, 2016	Harper	Nova Scotia Court of Appeal
79	Marshall Rothstein	Mar 1, 2006 – Aug 30, 2015	Harper	Federal Court of Appeal	Academic articles
78	Louise Charron	Aug 30, 2004 – Aug 29, 2011	Martin	Court of Appeal for Ontario
76	Morris J. Fish	Aug 5, 2003 – Aug 30, 2013	Chrétien	Quebec Court of Appeal (1989 to 2003) Cohen, Leithman, Kaufman, Yarosky & Fish (1967 to 1989) McGill grad (1962)
74	Louis LeBel	Jan 7, 2000 – Nov 29, 2014	Chrétien	Quebec Court of Appeal (1984 to 2000) private practice (labour) (1962 to 1984) Called to bar (1962) Laval grad (1962)	decisions as counsel
75	Marie Deschamps	Aug 7, 2002 – Aug 6, 2012	Chrétien	Quebec Court of Appeal
73	Louise Arbour	Sep 15, 1999 – Jun 30, 2004	Chrétien	Chief Prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and for Rwanda Court of Appeal for Ontario (1990 to 1999) Osgoode Law Prof (1974 to 1987) Law Reform Commission of Canada (1972 to 1973) Called to bar (1971)
72	William Ian Corneil Binnie	Jan 8, 1998 – Oct 20, 2011	Chrétien	McCarthy Tétrault (1986 to 1998) Assoc. Deputy Minister of Justice (1982 to 1986) Wright & McTaggart (1967 to 1982) Called to bar (1967)
71	Michel Bastarache	Sep 30, 1997 – Jun 30, 2008	Chrétien	New Brunswick Court of Appeal
70	John C. Major	Nov 13, 1992 – Dec 24, 2005	Mulroney	Court of Appeal of Alberta
69	Frank Iacobucci	Jan 7, 1991 – Jun 30, 2004	Mulroney	Chief Justice of the Federal Court
68	William Stevenson	Sep 17, 1990 – Jun 4, 1992	Mulroney	Court of Appeal of Alberta Court of Appeal for the Northwest Territories
66	Peter Cory	Feb 1, 1989 – May 31, 1999	Mulroney	Court of Appeal for Ontario (1981 to 1989) Superior Court (1974 to 1981) Holden, Murdoch (1950 to 1974) Called to bar (1950)
65	Charles Gonthier	Feb 1, 1989 – Jul 31, 2003	Mulroney	Quebec Court of Appeal
64	John Sopinka	May 24, 1988 – Nov 24, 1997	Mulroney	Lawyer
63	Claire L'Heureux-Dubé	Apr 15, 1987 – Jun 30, 2002	Mulroney	Quebec Court of Appeal
62	Gérard La Forest	Jan 16, 1985 – Sep 29, 1997	Mulroney	New Brunswick Court of Appeal
61	Gerald Eric Le Dain	May 29, 1984 – Nov 29, 1988	P. Trudeau	Federal Court of Appeal (1975 to 1984) Osgoode law prof (1967 to 1972) McGill Law prof (1953 to 1959, 1966 to 1967) Walker, Martineau, Chauvin, Walker & Allison (1950 to 1953) Called to Bar (1949)
60	Bertha Wilson	Mar 4, 1982 – Jan 3, 1991	P. Trudeau	Court of Appeal for Ontario
59	Antonio Lamer	Mar 28, 1980 – Jan 6, 2000 (Judge) Jul 1, 1990 – Jan 6, 2000 (CJ)	P. Trudeau (Judge) Mulroney (CJ)	Quebec Court of Appeal
58	Julien Chouinard	Sep 24, 1979 – Feb 6, 1987	Clark	Quebec Court of Appeal Gagné, Prévost, Flynn Called to bar (1953)
57	William Rogers McIntyre	Jan 1, 1979 – Feb 14, 1989	P. Trudeau	British Columbia Court of Appeal decisions as counsel
56	Yves Pratte (1925–1988)	Oct 1, 1977 – Jun 29, 1979	P. Trudeau	Université Laval (Faculté de droit (Université Laval)) and University of Toronto Chairman of Air Canada
55	Willard Zebedee Estey (1919–2002)	Sep 29, 1977 – Apr 21, 1988	P. Trudeau	University of Saskatchewan College of Law Chief Justice of Ontario
53	Jean Beetz	Jan 1, 1974 – Nov 9, 1988	P. Trudeau	Quebec Court of Appeal
54	Louis-Philippe de Grandpré (1917–2008)	Jan 1, 1974 – Sep 30, 1977	P. Trudeau	McGill University Faculty of Law President of the Canadian Bar Association
52	Robert George Brian Dickson (1916–1998)	Mar 26, 1973 – Jun 29, 1990	P. Trudeau (as puisne justice and later as Chief Justice)	University of Manitoba Faculty of Law (1938) Manitoba Court of Appeal
51	Bora Laskin (1912–1984)	Mar 19, 1970 – Mar 26, 1984	P. Trudeau (as puisne justice and later as chief justice)	University of Toronto (1936) Harvard Law School (1937) Osgoode Hall Law School (Law Society of Upper Canada) (1937) Court of Appeal for Ontario
50	Louis-Philippe Pigeon (1905–1986)	Sep 21, 1967 – Feb 7, 1980	Pearson	Université Laval, Faculté de droit (1928) Lawyer
49	Wishart Flett Spence (1904–1998)	May 30, 1963 – Dec 28, 1978	Pearson	Osgoode Hall Law School (Law Society of Upper Canada) (1928) High Court of Justice of Ontario
48	Emmett Matthew Hall (1898–1995)	Nov 23, 1962 – Feb 28, 1973	Diefenbaker	University of Saskatchewan College of Law (1919) Chief Justice of Saskatchewan, Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan
47	Roland Almon Ritchie (1910–1988)	May 5, 1959 – Oct 30, 1984	Diefenbaker	University of Oxford (1932) Lawyer
46	Wilfred Judson (1902–1980)	Feb 5, 1958 – Jul 19, 1977	Diefenbaker	Osgoode Hall Law School (Law Society of Upper Canada) (1932) High Court of Justice of Ontario
45	Ronald Martland (1909–1997)	Jan 15, 1958 – Feb 9, 1982	Diefenbaker	University of Alberta, University of Oxford (1928, 1931) Lawyer
44	Henry Grattan Nolan (1893–1957)	Mar 1, 1956 – Jul 8, 1957	St. Laurent	Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer (English and Alberta bars) Lawyer
43	Douglas Charles Abbott (1899–1987)	Jul 1, 1954 – Dec 22, 1973	St. Laurent	McGill Law School Minister of Finance (federal)
41	John Robert Cartwright	Dec 22, 1949 – Mar 22, 1970	St. Laurent (as puisne justice); Pearson (as chief justice)	Lawyer
42	Joseph Honoré Gérald Fauteux (1900–1980)	Dec 22, 1949 – Dec 22, 1973	St. Laurent (as puisne justice); P. Trudeau (as chief justice)	Université de Montréal Faculty of Law (1925) Quebec Superior Court
40	Charles Holland Locke	Jun 3, 1947 – Sep 15, 1962	King	Lawyer
39	James Wilfred Estey (1889–1956)	Oct 6, 1944 – Jan 22, 1956	King	Harvard Law School (1915) Attorney General of Saskatchewan
38	Roy Lindsay Kellock (1893–1975)	Oct 3, 1944 – Jan 14, 1958	King	Court of Appeal for Ontario
37	Ivan Cleveland Rand (1884–1969)	Apr 22, 1943 – Apr 26, 1959	King	Harvard Law School (1912) Lawyer articles	SCC decisions
36	Robert Taschereau (1896–1970)	Feb 9, 1940 – Aug 31, 1967	King (as puisne justice); Diefenbaker (as chief justice)	Université Laval, Faculté de droit (1920)< Lawyer
35	Albert Blellock Hudson (1875–1947)	Mar 24, 1936 – Jan 6, 1947	King	University of Manitoba, Faculty of Law (1898) Lawyer
34	Patrick Kerwin (1889–1963)	Jul 20, 1935 – Feb 2, 1963	Bennett (as puisne justice); St. Laurent (as chief justice)	Osgoode Hall Law School (Law Society of Upper Canada) (1911) High Court of Justice of Ontario
33	Henry Hague Davis (1885–1944)	Jan 31, 1935 – Jun 30, 1944	Bennett	University of Toronto Faculty of Law (1911) Court of Appeal for Ontario
32	Frank Joseph Hughes (1883–1967)	Mar 17, 1933 – Feb 12, 1935	Bennett	Osgoode grad (1911) Lawyer
31	Oswald Smith Crocket (1868–1945)	Sep 21, 1932 – Apr 12, 1943	Bennett	Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer (1892) Supreme Court of New Brunswick
30	Lawrence Arthur Dumoulin Cannon (1877–1939)	Jan 14, 1930 – Dec 25, 1939	King	Université Laval, Faculté de droit (1899) Court of King's Bench for Quebec
29	Robert Smith (1858–1942)	May 18, 1927 – Dec 6, 1933	King	Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer (1885) Supreme Court of Ontario (Appellate Division)
28	John Henderson Lamont (1865–1936)	Apr 2, 1927 – Mar 10, 1936	King	University of Toronto Faculty of Law (1893) Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan
27	Thibaudeau Rinfret (1879–1962)	Oct 1, 1924 – Jun 21, 1954	King (as puisne justice and later as chief justice)	Université Laval à Montréal and McGill Law School (1900) Quebec Superior Court
26	Edmund Leslie Newcombe (1859–1931)	Sep 16, 1924 – Dec 9, 1931	King	University of Halifax (1881) Deputy Minister of Justice (federal)
25	Arthur Cyrille Albert Malouin (1857–1936)	Jan 30, 1924 – Sep 30, 1924	King	Université Laval, Faculté de droit (1882) Quebec Superior Court
24	Pierre-Basile Mignault (1854–1945)	Oct 25, 1918 – Sep 30, 1929	Borden	McGill Law School (1878) Member of the International Joint Commission
23	Louis-Philippe Brodeur (1862–1924)	Aug 11, 1911 – Oct 9, 1923	Laurier	Université Laval à Montréal, Faculté de droit (1884) Minister of the Naval Service
22	Francis Alexander Anglin (1865–1933)	Feb 23, 1909 – Feb 27, 1933	Laurier (as puisne justice); King (as chief justice)	The Law Society of Upper Canada (1888) High Court of Justice of Ontario (Exchequer Division)
21	Sir Lyman Duff (1865–1955)	Sep 27, 1906 – Jan 6, 1944	Laurier (as puisne justice); Bennett (as chief justice)	Osgoode Hall Law School Supreme Court of British Columbia
20	Sir Charles Fitzpatrick (1853–1942)	Jun 4, 1906 – Oct 20, 1918	Laurier (directly as chief justice)	Université Laval, Faculté de droit (1876) Minister of Justice (Canada)
19	James Maclennan (1833–1915)	Oct 5, 1905 – Feb 12, 1909	Laurier	Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer (1857) Court of Appeal for Ontario
18	John Idington (1840–1928)	Feb 10, 1905 – Mar 30, 1927	Laurier	University of Toronto (1864) High Court of Justice of Ontario
17	Albert Clements Killam (1849–1908)	Aug 8, 1903 – Feb 5, 1905	Laurier	Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer (1877) Chief Justice of Manitoba
16	Wallace Nesbitt (1858–1930)	May 16, 1903 – Oct 3, 1905	Laurier	Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer (1881) Lawyer
15	John Douglas Armour (1830–1903)	Nov 21, 1902 – Jul 11, 1903	Laurier	Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer (1853) Chief Justice of Ontario
14	David Mills (1831–1903)	Feb 8, 1902 – May 8, 1903	Laurier	University of Michigan (1867) Minister of Justice (Canada) and Leader of the Government in the Senate
13	Sir Louis Henry Davies (1845–1924)	Sep 25, 1901 – May 1, 1924	Laurier (as puisne justice); Borden (as chief justice)	Inner Temple, London (1866) Member of Parliament for West Queen's
12	Désiré Girouard (1836–1911)	Sep 28, 1895 – Mar 22, 1911	Bowell	McGill Law School (1860) Member of Parliament for Jacques Cartier
11	George Edwin King (1839–1901)	Sep 21, 1893 – May 8, 1901	Thompson	Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer (1865) Supreme Court of New Brunswick
10	Robert Sedgewick (1848–1906)	Feb 18, 1893 – Aug 4, 1906	Thompson	Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer (1872) Deputy Minister of Justice (Federal)
9	Christopher Salmon Patterson (1823–1893)	Oct 27, 1888 – Jul 24, 1893	Macdonald	Ontario Court of Error & Appeal
8	John Wellington Gwynne (1814–1902)	Jan 14, 1879 – Jan 7, 1902	Macdonald	Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer (1837) Ontario Court of Error & Appeal
7	Henri-Elzéar Taschereau (1836–1911)	Oct 7, 1878 – May 1, 1906	Mackenzie (as puisne justice); Laurier (as chief justice)	Quebec Superior Court
6	William Alexander Henry (1816–1888)	Sep 30, 1875 – May 3, 1888	Mackenzie	Lawyer
5	Télesphore Fournier (1823–1896)	Sep 30, 1875 – Sep 11, 1895	Mackenzie	Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer (1846) Postmaster General
4	[Jean-Thomas Taschereau (1814–1893)	Sep 30, 1875 – Oct 6, 1878	Mackenzie	Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer; École de droit de Paris (1837) Court of Queen's Bench of Quebec
3	Samuel Henry Strong	Sep 30, 1875 – Nov 17, 1902 (Judge) Dec 13, 1892 – Nov 17, 1902 (CJ)	Mackenzie (Judge) Thompson (CJ)	Ontario Court of Error & Appeal
2	William Johnstone Ritchie	Sep 30, 1875 – Sep 25, 1892 Jan 11, 1879 – Sep 25, 1892 (Chief)	Mackenzie (Judge); Macdonald (Chief)	Chief Justice of New Brunswick
1	William Buell Richards	Sep 30, 1875 – Jan 10, 1879	Mackenzie (CJ)	Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for Canada West

Court Membership
Supreme Court of Canada (SCC)
British Columbia Court of Appeal (BCCA) Supreme Court of British Columbia (BCSC) Provincial Court of British Columbia (BCPC)	Court of Appeal of Alberta (ABCA) Court of King's Bench of Alberta (ABKB) Alberta Court of Justice (ABCJ)	Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan (SKCA) Court of King's Bench for Saskatchewan (SKKB) Provincial Court of Saskatchewan (SKPC)	Manitoba Court of Appeal (MBCA) Court of King's Bench of Manitoba (MBKB) Provincial Court of Manitoba (MBPC)	Court of Appeal for Ontario (ONCA) Superior Court of Ontario (ONSC) Ontario Court of Justice (ONCJ)	Quebec Court of Appeal (QCCA) Quebec Superior Court (QCCS) Court of Quebec (QCCQ)	New Brunswick Court of Appeal (NBCA) Court of King's Bench of New Brunswick (NBKB) New Brunswick Provincial Court (NBPC)	Court of Appeal of Prince Edward Island (PEICA) Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island (PEISC) Provincial Court of Prince Edward Island (PEIPC)	Nova Scotia Court of Appeal (NSCA) Nova Scotia Supreme Court (NSSC) Nova Scotia Provincial Court (NSPC)	Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador (Court of Appeal) (NLCA) Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador (NLSC) Provincial Court of Newfoundland and Labrador (NLPC)
Territorial Courts (YKTC, YKSC, YKCA, NTTC, NTSC, NTCA, NUCJ, NUCA)
Membership of Federal Appointments Committees