Supreme Court of Canada (Historical)

Past Justices

#	Name	Service duration	Appointed on advice of	Prior position
1	William Buell Richards	Sep 30, 1875 – Jan 10, 1879	Mackenzie (CJ)	Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for Canada West
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
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
57	William Rogers McIntyre	Jan 1, 1979 – Feb 14, 1989	P. Trudeau	British Columbia Court of Appeal decisions as counsel
58	Julien Chouinard	Sep 24, 1979 – Feb 6, 1987	Clark	Quebec Court of Appeal Gagné, Prévost, Flynn Called to bar (1953)
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
60	Bertha Wilson	Mar 4, 1982 – Jan 3, 1991	P. Trudeau	Court of Appeal for Ontario
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)
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 (1981 to 1989) Superior Court (1974 to 1981) Holden, Murdoch (1950 to 1974) Called to bar (1950)
67	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
68	William Stevenson	Sep 17, 1990 – Jun 4, 1992	Mulroney	Court of Appeal of Alberta Court of Appeal for the Northwest Territories
69	Frank Iacobucci	Jan 7, 1991 – Jun 30, 2004	Mulroney	Chief Justice of the Federal Court
70	John C. Major	Nov 13, 1992 – 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	McCarthy Tétrault (1986 to 1998) Assoc. Deputy Minister of Justice (1982 to 1986) Wright & McTaggart (1967 to 1982) Called to bar (1967)
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)
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
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)
78	Louise Charron	Aug 30, 2004 – Aug 29, 2011	Martin	Court of Appeal for Ontario
79	Marshall Rothstein	Mar 1, 2006 – Aug 30, 2015	Harper	Federal Court of Appeal
80	Thomas Cromwell	Dec 22, 2008 – Aug 31, 2016	Harper	Nova Scotia Court of Appeal
84	Clément Gascon	Jun 9, 2014 – 2019	Harper	Quebec Court of Appeal Superior Court (2002 to 2012) Heenan Blaikie McGill grad (1981)

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