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== Current Justices ==
== Current Justices ==
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| Rosalie Abella
| Aug 30, 2004 –<br/>''present''
| Martin
| [[Court of Appeal for Ontario]]
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| Court of Appeal for Ontario
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| Clément Gascon
| Jun 9, 2014 –<br/>''present''
| Harper
| [[Quebec Court of Appeal]]
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| Dec 1, 2014 –<br/>''present''
| Dec 1, 2014 –<br/>''present''
| Harper
| Harper
| Lawyer
| Oslers<Br>Stikeman Elliot<Br>private practice<Br>Called to bar (1981)
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|[https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=Suzanne+C%C3%B4t%C3%A9+Osler&btnG= articles]
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| Russell Brown
| Aug 31, 2015 –<br/>''present''
| Harper
| [[Court of Appeal of Alberta]]
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| [[Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador (Court of Appeal)]]
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| J. Trudeau
| J. Trudeau
| [[Court of Appeal of Alberta]]<br>Court of Appeal for the Northwest Territories<br>Court of Appeal of Nunavut
| Court of Appeal of Alberta (2006)<br>Queen Bench (2005)<br>Private Practice (Criminal) (1996 to 2005)<br> U of Calgary Dean (1991 to 1996)<br>Called to bar (1989)<Br> Law Prof (1982 to 1986)<br>McGill grad (1981)
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| [https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=Sheilah+Martin&btnG= articles]
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| Michael J. Moldaver
| 21 October 2011 to present
| Harper
| Court of Appeal for Ontario
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| J. Trudeau
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| Quebec Court of Appeal
| Quebec Court of Appeal (2009 to 2019)<Br> McGill Law prof (1989 to 2009)<Br> Called to bar (1987)
 
| [https://www.fja.gc.ca/scc-csc/2019/nominee-candidat-eng.html Judicial Questionnaire]
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== Past Justices ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
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! #
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! Name
| Mahmud Jamal
! Service&nbsp;duration
|
! Appointed&nbsp;on<br/>advice of
|J. Trudeau
! Prior position
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|[https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2021/05/the-honourable-mahmud-jamals-questionnaire.html Judicial Questionnaire]
|-
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| 1
|
| William Buell Richards
|Michelle O'Bonsawin
| Sep 30, 1875 – Jan 10, 1879
|
| Mackenzie (CJ)
|{{J. Trudeau2}}
| Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for Canada West
|
| [https://www.canada.ca/en/department-justice/news/2021/04/the-honourable-michelle-obonsawins-questionnaire0.html Judicial Questionnaire]
|-
|-
| 2
|
| William Johnstone Ritchie
| Mary T. Moreau[http://pm.gc.ca/eng/news/2017/10/17/prime-minister-announces-appointment-new-chief-justice-court-queens-bench-alberta] ||   ||{{J. Trudeau3}} || Superior Court (1994 to 2023) <br>private practice (criminal)<br>Called to bar (~1980)
| Sep 30, 1875 – Sep 25, 1892<Br> Jan 11, 1879 – Sep 25, 1892 (Chief)
|
| Mackenzie (Judge);<br> Macdonald (Chief)
| Chief Justice of New Brunswick
|-
| 3
| Samuel Henry Strong
| Sep 30, 1875 – Nov 17, 1902 (Judge)<Br> Dec 13, 1892 – Nov 17, 1902 (CJ)
| Mackenzie (Judge) <br>Thompson (CJ)
| [[Court of Appeal for Ontario|Ontario Court of Error & Appeal]]
<!---
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 4
| [[Jean-Thomas Taschereau (jurist)|Jean-Thomas Taschereau]]<br/>{{small|(1814–1893)}}
| [[Quebec]]
| Sep 30, 1875 –<br/>Oct 6, 1878
| <center>—</center>
| {{ayd|1875|9|30|1878|10|6}}
| <span style="display:none">{{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}</span><center>—</center>
| [[Alexander Mackenzie (politician)|Mackenzie]]
| [[Articled clerk|Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer]]; [[Paris Law Faculty|École de droit de Paris]] <br/>{{small|(1837)}}
| [[Quebec Court of Appeal|Court of Queen's Bench of Quebec]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 5
| [[Télesphore Fournier]]<br/>{{small|(1823–1896)}}
| [[Quebec]]
| Sep 30, 1875 –<br/>Sep 11, 1895
| <center>—</center>
| {{ayd|1875|9|30|1895|9|11}}
| <span style="display:none">{{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}</span><center>—</center>
| [[Alexander Mackenzie (politician)|Mackenzie]]
| [[Articled clerk|Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer]] <br/>{{small|(1846)}}
| [[Postmaster General of Canada|Postmaster General]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 6
| [[William Alexander Henry]]<br/>{{small|(1816–1888)}}
| Sep 30, 1875 – May 3, 1888
| Mackenzie
| Lawyer
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 7
| Sir [[Henri-Elzéar Taschereau]]<br/>{{small|(1836–1911)}}
| [[Quebec]]
| Oct 7, 1878 –<br/>May 1, 1906
| Nov 21, 1902 –<br/>May 1, 1906
| {{ayd|1878|10|7|1906|5|1}}
| {{ayd|1902|11|21|1906|5|1}}
| [[Alexander Mackenzie (politician)|Mackenzie]] {{small|(as puisne justice)}};<br>[[Wilfrid Laurier|Laurier]] {{small|(as chief justice)}}
| <center>—</center>
| [[Quebec Superior Court]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 8
| [[John Wellington Gwynne]]<br/>{{small|(1814–1902)}}
| [[Ontario]]
| Jan 14, 1879 –<br/>Jan 7, 1902
| <center>—</center>
| {{ayd|1879|1|14|1902|1|7}}
| <span style="display:none">{{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}</span><center>—</center>
| [[Sir John A. Macdonald|Macdonald]]
| [[Articled clerk|Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer]] <br/>{{small|(1837)}}
| [[Court of Appeal for Ontario|Ontario Court of Error & Appeal]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 9
| [[Christopher Salmon Patterson]]<br/>{{small|(1823–1893)}}
| [[Ontario]]
| Oct 27, 1888 –<br/>Jul 24, 1893
| <center>—</center>
| {{ayd|1888|10|27|1893|7|24}}
| <span style="display:none">{{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}</span><center>—</center>
| [[Sir John A. Macdonald|Macdonald]]
| <center>—</center>
| [[Court of Appeal for Ontario|Ontario Court of Error & Appeal]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 10
| [[Robert Sedgewick (jurist)|Robert Sedgewick]]<br/>{{small|(1848–1906)}}
| [[Nova Scotia]]
| Feb 18, 1893 –<br/>Aug 4, 1906
| <center>—</center>
| {{ayd|1893|2|18|1906|8|4}}
| <span style="display:none">{{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}</span><center>—</center>
| [[John Sparrow David Thompson|Thompson]]
| [[Articled clerk|Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer]] <br/>{{small|(1872)}}
| [[Department of Justice (Canada)|Deputy Minister of Justice (Federal)]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 11
| [[George Edwin King]]<br/>{{small|(1839–1901)}}
| [[New Brunswick]]
| Sep 21, 1893 –<br/>May 8, 1901
| <center>—</center>
| {{ayd|1893|9|21|1901|5|8}}
| <span style="display:none">{{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}</span><center>—</center>
| [[John Sparrow David Thompson|Thompson]]
| [[Articled clerk|Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer]] <br/>{{small|(1865)}}
| [[Court of Queen's Bench of New Brunswick|Supreme Court of New Brunswick]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 12
| [[Désiré Girouard]]<br/>{{small|(1836–1911)}}
| [[Quebec]]
| Sep 28, 1895 –<br/>Mar 22, 1911
| <center>—</center>
| {{ayd|1895|9|28|1911|3|22}}
| <span style="display:none">{{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}</span><center>—</center>
| [[Mackenzie Bowell|Bowell]]
| [[McGill Law School]] <br/> {{small|(1860)}}
| [[House of Commons of Canada|Member of Parliament]] for [[Jacques Cartier (electoral district)|Jacques Cartier]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 13
| Sir [[Louis Henry Davies]]<br/>{{small|(1845–1924)}}
| [[Prince Edward Island]]
| Sep 25, 1901 –<br/>May 1, 1924
| Oct 23, 1918 –<br/>May 1, 1924
| {{ayd|1901|9|25|1924|5|1}}
| {{ayd|1918|10|23|1924|5|1}}
| [[Wilfrid Laurier|Laurier]] {{small|(as puisne justice)}};<br>[[Robert Laird Borden|Borden]] {{small|(as chief justice)}}
| [[Inner Temple]], London <br/>{{small|(1866)}}
| [[House of Commons of Canada|Member of Parliament]] for [[West Queen's]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 14
| [[David Mills (jurist)|David Mills]]<br/>{{small|(1831–1903)}}
| [[Ontario]]
| Feb 8, 1902 –<br/>May 8, 1903
| <center>—</center>
| {{ayd|1902|2|8|1903|5|8}}
| <span style="display:none">{{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}</span><center>—</center>
| [[Wilfrid Laurier|Laurier]]
| [[University of Michigan]] <br/>{{small|(1867)}}
| [[Minister of Justice (Canada)]]<br /> and [[Leader of the Government in the Senate (Canada)|Leader of the Government in the Senate]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 15
| [[John Douglas Armour]]<br/>{{small|(1830–1903)}}
| [[Ontario]]
| Nov 21, 1902 –<br/>Jul 11, 1903
| <center>—</center>
| {{ayd|1902|11|21|1903|7|11}}
| <span style="display:none">{{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}</span><center>—</center>
| [[Wilfrid Laurier|Laurier]]
| [[Articled clerk|Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer]] <br/>{{small|(1853)}}
| [[Court of Appeal for Ontario|Chief Justice of Ontario]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 16
| [[Wallace Nesbitt]]<br/>{{small|(1858–1930)}}
| [[Ontario]]
| May 16, 1903 –<br/>Oct 3, 1905
| <center>—</center>
| {{ayd|1903|5|16|1905|10|3}}
| <span style="display:none">{{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}</span><center>—</center>
| [[Wilfrid Laurier|Laurier]]
| [[Articled clerk|Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer]] <br/>{{small|(1881)}}
| [[Lawyer]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 17
| [[Albert Clements Killam]]<br/>{{small|(1849–1908)}}
| [[Manitoba]]
| Aug 8, 1903 –<br/>Feb 5, 1905
| <center>—</center>
| {{ayd|1903|8|8|1905|2|5}}
| <span style="display:none">{{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}</span><center>—</center>
| [[Wilfrid Laurier|Laurier]]
| [[Articled clerk|Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer]] <br/>{{small|(1877)}}
| [[Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba|Chief Justice of Manitoba]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 18
| [[John Idington]]<br/>{{small|(1840–1928)}}
| [[Ontario]]
| Feb 10, 1905 –<br/>Mar 30, 1927
| <center>—</center>
| {{ayd|1905|2|10|1927|3|30}}
| <span style="display:none">{{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}</span><center>—</center>
| [[Wilfrid Laurier|Laurier]]
| [[University of Toronto Faculty of Law|University of Toronto]] <br/>{{small|(1864)}}
| [[Ontario Superior Court of Justice|High Court of Justice of Ontario]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 19
| [[James Maclennan]]<br/>{{small|(1833–1915)}}
| [[Ontario]]
| Oct 5, 1905 –<br/>Feb 12, 1909
| <center>—</center>
| {{ayd|1905|10|5|1909|2|12}}
| <span style="display:none">{{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}</span><center>—</center>
| [[Wilfrid Laurier|Laurier]]
| [[Articled clerk|Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer]] <br/>{{small|(1857)}}
| [[Court of Appeal for Ontario]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 20
| Sir [[Charles Fitzpatrick]]<br/>{{small|(1853–1942)}}
| [[Quebec]]
| Jun 4, 1906 –<br/>Oct 20, 1918
| Jun 4, 1906 –<br/>Oct 20, 1918
| {{ayd|1906|6|4|1918|10|21}}
| {{ayd|1906|6|4|1918|10|21}}
| [[Wilfrid Laurier|Laurier]] {{small|(directly as chief justice)}}
| [[Faculté de droit (Université Laval)|Université Laval, Faculté de droit]] <br/>{{small|(1876)}}
| [[Minister of Justice (Canada)]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 21
| Sir [[Lyman Duff]]<br/>{{small|(1865–1955)}}
| [[British Columbia]]
| Sep 27, 1906 –<br/>Jan 6, 1944
| Mar 17, 1933 –<br/>Jan 6, 1944
| {{ayd|1906|9|27|1944|1|6}}
| {{ayd|1933|3|17|1944|1|6}}
| [[Wilfrid Laurier|Laurier]] {{small|(as puisne justice)}};<br>[[Richard Bedford Bennett|Bennett]] {{small|(as chief justice)}}
| [[Osgoode Hall Law School]] <br/>
| [[Supreme Court of British Columbia]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 22
| [[Francis Alexander Anglin]]<br/>{{small|(1865–1933)}}
| [[Ontario]]
| Feb 23, 1909 –<br/>Feb 27, 1933
| Sep 16, 1924 –<br/>Feb 27, 1933
| {{ayd|1909|2|23|1933|2|27}}
| {{ayd|1924|9|16|1933|2|27}}
| [[Wilfrid Laurier|Laurier]] {{small|(as puisne justice)}};<br>[[William Lyon Mackenzie King|King]] {{small|(as chief justice)}}
| [[The Law Society of Upper Canada]] <br/>{{small|(1888)}}
| [[Ontario Superior Court of Justice|High Court of Justice of Ontario (Exchequer Division)]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 23
| [[Louis-Philippe Brodeur]]<br/>{{small|(1862–1924)}}
| [[Quebec]]
| Aug 11, 1911 –<br/>Oct 9, 1923
| <center>—</center>
| {{ayd|1911|8|11|1923|10|9}}
| <span style="display:none">{{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}</span><center>—</center>
| [[Wilfrid Laurier|Laurier]]
| [[Université de Montréal|Université Laval à Montréal, Faculté de droit]] <br/>{{small|(1884)}}
| [[Minister of the Naval Service (Canada)|Minister of the Naval Service]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 24
| [[Pierre-Basile Mignault]]<br/>{{small|(1854–1945)}}
| [[Quebec]]
| Oct 25, 1918 –<br/>Sep 30, 1929
| <center>—</center>
| {{ayd|1918|10|25|1929|9|29}}
| <span style="display:none">{{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|29}}</span><center>—</center>
| [[Robert Laird Borden|Borden]]
| [[McGill Law School]] <br/> {{small|(1878)}}
|Member of the [[International Joint Commission]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 25
| [[Arthur Cyrille Albert Malouin]]<br/>{{small|(1857–1936)}}
| [[Quebec]]
| Jan 30, 1924 –<br/>Sep 30, 1924
| <center>—</center>
| {{ayd|1924|1|30|1924|9|30}}
| <span style="display:none">{{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}</span><center>—</center>
| [[William Lyon Mackenzie King|King]]
| [[Faculté de droit (Université Laval)|Université Laval, Faculté de droit]] <br/>{{small|(1882)}}
| [[Quebec Superior Court]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 26
| [[Edmund Leslie Newcombe]]<br/>{{small|(1859–1931)}}
| [[Nova Scotia]]
| Sep 16, 1924 –<br/>Dec 9, 1931
| <center>—</center>
| {{ayd|1924|9|16|1931|12|9}}
| <span style="display:none">{{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}</span><center>—</center>
| [[William Lyon Mackenzie King|King]]
| University of Halifax <br />{{small|(1881)}}
| [[Department of Justice (Canada)|Deputy Minister of Justice (federal)]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 27
| [[Thibaudeau Rinfret]]<br/>{{small|(1879–1962)}}
| [[Quebec]]
| Oct 1, 1924 –<br/>Jun 21, 1954
| Jan 8, 1944 –<br/>Jun 21, 1954
| {{ayd|1924|10|1|1954|6|21}}
| {{ayd|1944|1|8|1954|6|21}}
| [[William Lyon Mackenzie King|King]] {{small|(as puisne justice and later as chief justice)}}
| [[Université de Montréal|Université Laval à Montréal]] and [[McGill Law School]] <br/>{{small|(1900)}}
| [[Quebec Superior Court]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 28
| [[John Henderson Lamont]]<br/>{{small|(1865–1936)}}
| [[Saskatchewan]]
| Apr 2, 1927 –<br/>Mar 10, 1936
| <center>—</center>
| {{ayd|1927|4|2|1936|3|10}}
| <span style="display:none">{{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}</span><center>—</center>
| [[William Lyon Mackenzie King|King]]
| [[University of Toronto Faculty of Law]] <br />{{small|(1893)}}
| [[Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 29
| [[Robert Smith (Canadian politician, Stormont)|Robert Smith]]<br/>{{small|(1858–1942)}}
| [[Ontario]]
| May 18, 1927 –<br/>Dec 6, 1933
| <center>—</center>
| {{ayd|1927|5|18|1933|12|6}}
| <span style="display:none">{{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}</span><center>—</center>
| [[William Lyon Mackenzie King|King]]
| [[Articled clerk|Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer]] <br/>{{small|(1885)}}
| [[Supreme Court of Ontario|Supreme Court of Ontario (Appellate Division)]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 30
| [[Lawrence Arthur Dumoulin Cannon]]<br/> {{small|(1877–1939)}}
| [[Quebec]]
| Jan 14, 1930 –<br/>Dec 25, 1939
| <center>—</center>
| {{ayd|1930|1|14|1939|12|25}}
| <span style="display:none">{{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}</span><center>—</center>
| [[William Lyon Mackenzie King|King]]
| [[Faculté de droit (Université Laval)|Université Laval, Faculté de droit]] <br/>{{small|(1899)}}
| [[Quebec Court of Appeal|Court of King's Bench for Quebec]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 31
| [[Oswald Smith Crocket]]<br/>{{small|(1868–1945)}}
| [[New Brunswick]]
| Sep 21, 1932 –<br/>Apr 12, 1943
| <center>—</center>
| {{ayd|1932|9|21|1943|4|12}}
| <span style="display:none">{{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}</span><center>—</center>
| [[Richard Bedford Bennett|Bennett]]
| [[Articled clerk|Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer]] <br/>{{small|(1892)}}
| [[Court of Queen's Bench of New Brunswick|Supreme Court of New Brunswick]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 32
| [[Frank Joseph Hughes]]<br/>{{small|(1883–1967)}}
| [[Ontario]]
| Mar 17, 1933 –<br/>Feb 12, 1935
| <center>—<center>
| {{ayd|1933|3|17|1935|2|12}}
| <span style="display:none">{{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}</span><center>—</center>
| [[Richard Bedford Bennett|Bennett]]
| [[Osgoode Hall Law School|Osgoode Hall Law School (Law Society of Upper Canada)]]  <br/>{{small|(1911)}}
| [[Lawyer]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 33
| [[Henry Hague Davis]]<br/>{{small|(1885–1944)}}
| [[Ontario]]
| Jan 31, 1935 –<br/>Jun 30, 1944
| <center>—</center>
| {{ayd|1935|1|31|1944|6|30}}
| <span style="display:none">{{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}</span><center>—</center>
| [[Richard Bedford Bennett|Bennett]]
| [[University of Toronto Faculty of Law]] <br/>{{small|(1911)}}
| [[Court of Appeal for Ontario]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 34
| [[Patrick Kerwin]]<br/>{{small|(1889–1963)}}
| [[Ontario]]
| Jul 20, 1935 –<br/>Feb 2, 1963
| Jul 1, 1954 –<br/>Feb 2, 1963
| {{ayd|1935|7|20|1963|2|2}}
| {{ayd|1954|7|1|1963|2|2}}
| [[Richard Bedford Bennett|Bennett]] {{small|(as puisne justice)}};<br>[[Louis St. Laurent|St. Laurent]] {{small|(as chief justice)}}
| [[Osgoode Hall Law School|Osgoode Hall Law School (Law Society of Upper Canada)]] <br/>{{small|(1911)}}
| [[Supreme Court of Ontario|High Court of Justice of Ontario]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 35
| [[Albert Blellock Hudson]]<br/>{{small|(1875–1947)}}
| [[Manitoba]]
| Mar 24, 1936 –<br/>Jan 6, 1947
| <center>—</center>
| {{ayd|1936|3|24|1947|1|6}}
| <span style="display:none">{{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}</span><center>—</center>
| [[William Lyon Mackenzie King|King]]
| [[Robson Hall (Faculty of Law – University of Manitoba)|University of Manitoba, Faculty of Law]] <br/>{{small|(1898)}}
| [[Lawyer]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 36
| [[Robert Taschereau]]<br/>{{small|(1896–1970)}}
| [[Quebec]]
| Feb 9, 1940 –<br/>Aug 31, 1967
| Apr 22, 1963 –<br/>Aug 31, 1967
| {{ayd|1940|2|9|1967|8|31}}
| {{ayd|1963|4|22|1967|8|31}}
| [[William Lyon Mackenzie King|King]] {{small|(as puisne justice)}};<br>[[John Diefenbaker|Diefenbaker]] {{small|(as chief justice)}}
| [[Faculté de droit (Université Laval)|Université Laval, Faculté de droit]]) <br/>{{small|(1920)}}
| [[Lawyer]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 37
| [[Ivan Rand|Ivan Cleveland Rand]]<br/>{{small|(1884–1969)}}
| [[New Brunswick]]
| Apr 22, 1943 –<br/>Apr 26, 1959
| <center>—</center>
| {{ayd|1943|4|22|1959|4|26}}
| <span style="display:none">{{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}</span><center>—</center>
| [[William Lyon Mackenzie King|King]]
| [[Harvard Law School]] <br/>{{small|(1912)}}
| [[Lawyer]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 38
| [[Roy Kellock|Roy Lindsay Kellock]]<br/>{{small|(1893–1975)}}
| [[Ontario]]
| Oct 3, 1944 –<br/>Jan 14, 1958
| <center>—</center>
| {{ayd|1944|10|3|1958|1|14}}
| <span style="display:none">{{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}</span><center>—</center>
| [[William Lyon Mackenzie King|King]]
| <center>—</center>
| [[Court of Appeal for Ontario]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 39
| [[James Wilfred Estey]]<br/>{{small|(1889–1956)}}
| [[Saskatchewan]]
| Oct 6, 1944 –<br/>Jan 22, 1956
| <center>—</center>
| {{ayd|1944|10|6|1956|1|22}}
| <span style="display:none">{{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}</span><center>—</center>
| [[William Lyon Mackenzie King|King]]
| [[Harvard Law School]] <br/>{{small|(1915)}}
| [[Attorney General|Attorney General of Saskatchewan]]
|-
| 40
| Charles Holland Locke
| Jun 3, 1947 –<br/>Sep 15, 1962
| {{ayd|1947|6|3|1962|9|15}}
| <span style="display:none">{{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}</span><center>—</center>
| King
| Lawyer
|-
| 41
| John Robert Cartwright
| Dec 22, 1949 –<br/>Mar 22, 1970
| Sep 1, 1967 –<br/>Mar 22, 1970
| [[Louis St. Laurent|St. Laurent]] {{small|(as puisne justice)}};<br>[[Lester B. Pearson|Pearson]] {{small|(as chief justice)}}
| [[Lawyer]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 42
| [[Joseph Honoré Gérald Fauteux]]<br/>{{small|(1900–1980)}}
| [[Quebec]]
| Dec 22, 1949 –<br/>Dec 22, 1973
| Mar 23, 1970 –<br/>Dec 22, 1973
| {{ayd|1949|12|22|1973|12|22}}
| {{ayd|1970|3|23|1973|12|22}}
| [[Louis St. Laurent|St. Laurent]] {{small|(as puisne justice)}};<br>[[Pierre Trudeau|P. Trudeau]] {{small|(as chief justice)}}
| [[Université de Montréal Faculty of Law]] <br/>{{small|(1925)}}
| [[Quebec Superior Court]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 43
| [[Douglas Charles Abbott]]<br/>{{small|(1899–1987)}}
| Quebec
| Jul 1, 1954 –<br/>Dec 22, 1973
| <center>—</center>
| {{ayd|1954|7|1|1973|12|22}}
| <span style="display:none">{{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}</span><center>—</center>
| [[Louis St. Laurent|St. Laurent]]
| [[McGill Law School]]
| [[Minister of Finance (Canada)|Minister of Finance (federal)]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 44
| [[Henry Grattan Nolan]]<br/>{{small|(1893–1957)}}
| [[Alberta]]
| Mar 1, 1956 –<br/>Jul 8, 1957
| <center>—</center>
| {{ayd|1956|3|1|1957|7|8}}
| <span style="display:none">{{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}</span><center>—</center>
| [[Louis St. Laurent|St. Laurent]]
| [[Articled clerk|Articles of clerkship with a senior lawyer]] <br/>{{small|(English and Alberta bars)}}
| [[Lawyer]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 45
| [[Ronald Martland]]<br/>{{small|(1909–1997)}}
| [[Alberta]]
| Jan 15, 1958 –<br/>Feb 9, 1982
| <center>—</center>
| {{ayd|1958|1|15|1982|2|9}}
| <span style="display:none">{{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}</span><center>—</center>
| [[John Diefenbaker|Diefenbaker]]
| [[University of Alberta]], [[University of Oxford]] <br/>{{small|(1928, 1931)}}
| [[Lawyer]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 46
| [[Wilfred Judson]]<br/>{{small|(1902–1980)}}
| [[Ontario]]
| Feb 5, 1958 –<br/>Jul 19, 1977
| <center>—</center>
| {{ayd|1958|2|5|1977|7|19}}
| <span style="display:none">{{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}</span><center>—</center>
| [[John Diefenbaker|Diefenbaker]]
| [[Osgoode Hall Law School|Osgoode Hall Law School (Law Society of Upper Canada)]] <br/>{{small|(1932)}}
| [[Ontario Superior Court of Justice|High Court of Justice of Ontario]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 47
| [[Roland Ritchie|Roland Almon Ritchie]]<br/>{{small|(1910–1988)}}
| [[Nova Scotia]]
| May 5, 1959 –<br/>Oct 30, 1984
| <center>—</center>
| {{ayd|1959|5|5|1984|10|30}}
| <span style="display:none">{{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}</span><center>—</center>
| [[John Diefenbaker|Diefenbaker]]
| [[University of Oxford]]<br/> {{small|(1932)}}
| [[Lawyer]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 48
| [[Emmett Matthew Hall]]<br/>{{small|(1898–1995)}}
| [[Saskatchewan]]
| Nov 23, 1962 –<br/>Feb 28, 1973
| <center>—</center>
| {{ayd|1962|11|23|1973|2|28}}
| <span style="display:none">{{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}</span><center>—</center>
| [[John Diefenbaker|Diefenbaker]]
| [[University of Saskatchewan College of Law]]<br/>{{small|(1919)}}
| [[Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan|Chief Justice of Saskatchewan, Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 49
| [[Wishart Flett Spence]]<br/>{{small|(1904–1998)}}
| [[Ontario]]
| May 30, 1963 –<br/>Dec 28, 1978
| <center>—</center>
| {{ayd|1963|5|30|1978|12|28}}
| <span style="display:none">{{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}</span><center>—</center>
| [[Lester B. Pearson|Pearson]]
| [[Osgoode Hall Law School|Osgoode Hall Law School (Law Society of Upper Canada)]] <br/>{{small|(1928)}}
| [[Ontario Superior Court of Justice|High Court of Justice of Ontario]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 50
| [[Louis-Philippe Pigeon]]<br/>{{small|(1905–1986)}}
| [[Quebec]]
| Sep 21, 1967 –<br/>Feb 7, 1980
| <center>—</center>
| {{ayd|1967|9|21|1980|2|7}}
| <span style="display:none">{{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}</span><center>—</center>
| [[Lester B. Pearson|Pearson]]
| [[Faculté de droit (Université Laval)|Université Laval, Faculté de droit]] <br/>{{small|(1928)}}
| [[Lawyer]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 51
| [[Bora Laskin]]<br/>{{small|(1912–1984)}}
| [[Ontario]]
| Mar 19, 1970 –<br/>Mar 26, 1984
| Dec 27, 1973 –<br/>Mar 26, 1984
| {{ayd|1970|3|19|1984|3|26}}
| {{ayd|1973|12|27|1984|3|26}}
| [[Pierre Trudeau|P. Trudeau]] {{small|(as puisne justice and later as chief justice)}}
| [[University of Toronto Faculty of Law|University of Toronto]]<br/>{{small|(1936)}}<br/>[[Harvard Law School]]<br/>{{small|(1937)}} <br/>[[Osgoode Hall Law School|Osgoode Hall Law School (Law Society of Upper Canada)]] <br/>{{small|(1937)}}
| [[Court of Appeal for Ontario]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 52
| [[Brian Dickson|Robert George Brian Dickson]]<br/>{{small|(1916–1998)}}
| [[Manitoba]]
| Mar 26, 1973 –<br/>Jun 29, 1990
| Apr 18, 1984 –<br/>Jun 29, 1990
| {{ayd|1973|3|26|1990|6|29}}
| {{ayd|1984|4|18|1990|6|29}}
| [[Pierre Trudeau|P. Trudeau]] {{small|(as puisne justice and later as Chief Justice)}}
| [[Robson Hall (Faculty of Law – University of Manitoba)|University of Manitoba Faculty of Law]]<br/>{{small|(1938)}}
| [[Manitoba Court of Appeal]]
|-
| 53
| Jean Beetz
| Jan 1, 1974 –<br/>Nov 9, 1988
| P. Trudeau
| [[Quebec Court of Appeal]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 54
| [[Louis-Philippe de Grandpré]]<br/>{{small|(1917–2008)}}
| [[Quebec]]
| Jan 1, 1974 –<br/>Sep 30, 1977
| <center>—</center>
| {{ayd|1974|1|1|1977|9|30}}
| <span style="display:none">{{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}</span><center>—</center>
| [[Pierre Trudeau|P. Trudeau]]
| [[McGill University Faculty of Law]]
|President of the [[Canadian Bar Association]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 55
| [[Willard Estey|Willard Zebedee Estey]]<br/>{{small|(1919–2002)}}
| [[Ontario]]
| Sep 29, 1977 –<br/>Apr 21, 1988
| <center>—</center>
| {{ayd|1977|9|29|1988|4|21}}
| <span style="display:none">{{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}</span><center>—</center>
| [[Pierre Trudeau|P. Trudeau]]
| [[University of Saskatchewan College of Law]]
| [[Chief Justice of Ontario]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 56
| [[Yves Pratte]]<br/>{{small|(1925–1988)}}
| [[Quebec]]
| Oct 1, 1977 –<br/>Jun 29, 1979
| <center>—</center>
| {{ayd|1977|10|1|1979|6|29}}
| <span style="display:none">{{ayd|1875|9|30|1875|9|30}}</span><center>—</center>
| [[Pierre Trudeau|P. Trudeau]]
| [[Université Laval]] ([[Faculté de droit (Université Laval)]]) and [[University of Toronto Faculty of Law|University of Toronto]]
| [[Chairman]] of [[Air Canada]] -->
|-
| 57
| William Rogers McIntyre
| Jan 1, 1979 – Feb 14, 1989
| P. Trudeau
| [[British Columbia Court of Appeal]]
|-
| 58
| Julien Chouinard
| Sep 24, 1979 – Feb 6, 1987
| Clark
| [[Quebec Court of Appeal]]
|-
| 59
| Antonio Lamer
| Mar 28, 1980 – Jan 6, 2000 (Judge)<br> Jul 1, 1990 – Jan 6, 2000 (CJ)
| P. Trudeau (Judge)<br> Mulroney (CJ)
| [[Quebec Court of Appeal]]
|-
| 60
| Bertha Wilson
| Mar 4, 1982 – Jan 3, 1991
| P. Trudeau
| [[Court of Appeal for Ontario]]
|-
|  61
| [Gerald Eric Le Dain
| {{nowrap|May 29, 1984 –}}<br/>Nov 29, 1988
| P. Trudeau
| Federal Court of Appeal
|-
| 62
| Gérard La Forest
| Jan 16, 1985 – Sep 29, 1997
| Mulroney
| [[New Brunswick Court of Appeal]]
|-
| 63
| Claire L'Heureux-Dubé
| Apr 15, 1987 – Jun 30, 2002
| Mulroney
| [[Quebec Court of Appeal]]
|-
| 64
| John Sopinka
| May 24, 1988 – Nov 24, 1997
| Mulroney
| Lawyer
|-
| 65
| Charles Gonthier
| Feb 1, 1989 – Jul 31, 2003
| Mulroney
| [[Quebec Court of Appeal]]
|-
| 66
| Peter Cory
| Feb 1, 1989 – May 31, 1999
| Mulroney
| [[Court of Appeal for Ontario]]
|-
| 67
| Beverley McLachlin
| Mar 30, 1989 – Dec 14, 2017 (Judge)<Br> Jan 7, 2000 – Dec 14, 2017 (CJ)
| Mulroney (Judge) <br> Chrétien (CJ)
|Chief Justice of the [[Supreme Court of British Columbia]]
|-
|  68
| William Stevenson
| Sep 17, 1990 – Jun 4, 1992
| Mulroney
| [[Court of Appeal of Alberta]]<br/>Court of Appeal for the Northwest Territories
|-
| 69
| Frank Iacobucci
| Jan 7, 1991 –<br/>Jun 30, 2004
| Mulroney
|Chief Justice of the Federal Court
|-
|  70
| John C. Major
| Nov 13, 1992 –<br/>Dec 24, 2005
| Mulroney
| [[Court of Appeal of Alberta]]
|-
| 71
| Michel Bastarache
| Sep 30, 1997 – Jun 30, 2008
| Chrétien
| [[New Brunswick Court of Appeal]]
|-
| 72
| William Ian Corneil Binnie
| Jan 8, 1998 – Oct 20, 2011
| Chrétien
| Lawyer
|-
| 73
| Louise Arbour
| Sep 15, 1999 – Jun 30, 2004
| Chrétien
|Chief Prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and for Rwanda
|-
| 74
| Louis LeBel
| Jan 7, 2000 – Nov 29, 2014
| Chrétien
| [[Quebec Court of Appeal]]
|-
| 75
| Marie Deschamps
| Aug 7, 2002 –<br/>Aug 6, 2012
| Chrétien
| [[Quebec Court of Appeal]]
|-
| 76
| Morris J. Fish
| Aug 5, 2003 – Aug 30, 2013
| Chrétien
| [[Quebec Court of Appeal]]
|-
| 78
| Louise Charron
| Aug 30, 2004 –<br/>Aug 29, 2011
| Martin
| [[Court of Appeal for Ontario]]
|-
| 79
| Marshall Rothstein
| Mar 1, 2006 –<br/>Aug 30, 2015
|Harper
| Federal Court of Appeal
|-
| 80
| Thomas Cromwell
| Dec 22, 2008 –<br/>Aug 31, 2016
| Harper
| [[Nova Scotia Court of Appeal]]
|}
|}
== Past Justices ==
* [[Supreme Court of Canada (Historical)]]


==External links==
==External links==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Justices_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_Canada]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Justices_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_Canada]


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Latest revision as of 12:18, 13 December 2023

Current Justices

# Name Service duration Appointed on
advice of 		Prior position Other details
83 Richard Wagner Oct 5, 2012 –
present
Dec 18, 2017 –
present (CJ) 		Harper (Judge)
J. Trudeau (CJ) 		Quebec Court of Appeal
82 Andromache Karakatsanis Oct 21, 2011 –
present 		Harper Court of Appeal for Ontario
85 Suzanne Côté Dec 1, 2014 –
present 		Harper Oslers
Stikeman Elliot
private practice
Called to bar (1981) 		articles
87 Malcolm Rowe Oct 28, 2016 –
present 		J. Trudeau Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador (Court of Appeal)
88 Sheilah Martin 18 December 2017 to present J. Trudeau Court of Appeal of Alberta (2006)
Queen Bench (2005)
Private Practice (Criminal) (1996 to 2005)
U of Calgary Dean (1991 to 1996)
Called to bar (1989)
Law Prof (1982 to 1986)
McGill grad (1981) 		articles
89 Nicholas Kasirer [1] J. Trudeau Quebec Court of Appeal (2009 to 2019)
McGill Law prof (1989 to 2009)
Called to bar (1987) 		Judicial Questionnaire
Mahmud Jamal J. Trudeau Judicial Questionnaire
Michelle O'Bonsawin J. Trudeau / Lametti (Lib) Judicial Questionnaire
Mary T. Moreau[2] J. Trudeau / Virani (Lib) Superior Court (1994 to 2023)
private practice (criminal)
Called to bar (~1980)

Past Justices

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