Quebec Superior Court

Judges

The Superior Court is composed of 157 justices, including a Chief Justice, a Senior Associate Chief Justice, and an Associate Chief Justice. It can also have a maximum of 111 supernumerary judges.

Chief Justices

Chief Justices (term): [partial listing]

Edward Bowen (1849-1866)
Sir William Collis Meredith (1866-1884)
Sir Andrew Stuart (1885-1889)
Sir Francis Godschall Johnson (1889-1894)
Sir Louis-Napoléon Casault (1894-1904)
Sir Adolphe-Basile Routhier (1904-1906)
Sir Melbourne McTaggart Tait
Sir Charles Peers Davidson (1912-1915)
Sir François-Xavier Lemieux (1915-?)
R.A.E. Greenshields (1929-1942)
Albert Sévigny (1942-1959)
Frédéric Dorion (1963-1973)
Jules Deschênes (1973-1983)
Alan B. Gold (1983-1992)
Lawrence A. Poitras (1992-1996)
Lyse Lemieux (1996-2004)
François Rolland (2004-2015)^[1]
Jacques R. Fournier (since 2015)

Current Justices

Name	Region	Date Appointed	Appointed By	Prior Position(s)
Chief Justice Jacques R. Fournier ^[2] [1]	All	2002 (J) 2015 (CJ)	Jean Cretien Stephen Harper	Called to bar (1978)
Senior Associate Chief Justice Robert Pidgeon	All	1989 (J) 2005 (ACJ)	Brian Mulroney Stephen Harper
Associate Chief Justice Eva Petras	All	2006 (J) 2015 (ACJ)	Stephen Harper
Justice Robert Dufresne	Abitibi - Rouyn-noranda - Témiscamingue	2006	Stephen Harper
Justice Michel Girouard	Abitibi - Rouyn-noranda - Témiscamingue	2010	Stephen Harper
Justice Sandra Bouchard	Alma	2012	Stephen Harper
Justice Serge Francoeur	Alma	2010	Stephen Harper
Justice Nicole-M. Gibeau [2]	Beauharanois	2010	Stephen Harper
Justice Martin Dallaire	Chicoutimi	2009	Stephen Harper
Justice Carl Lachance	Chicoutimi	2004	Paul Martin
Justice Nicole Tremblay	Chicoutimi	2014	Stephen Harper
Justice Lise Matteau [3]	Drummond	2002	Jean Chretein
Justice Marie-Josée Bédard [4]	Gatineau - Pontiac - Labelle	2015
Justice Pierre Dallaire	Gatineau - Pontiac - Labelle	2008	Stephen Harper
Justice Dominique Goulet	Gatineau - Pontiac - Labelle	2007	Stephen Harper
Justice Suzanne Tessier	Gatineau - Pontiac - Labelle	2007	Stephen Harper
Justice Carole Therrien^[3]	Gatineau - Pontiac - Labelle	2011	Stephen Harper
Justice Claude Auclair [5]	Joliette	2004	Paul Martin
Justice Christiane Alary	Laval	2005	Paul Martin
Justice Carole Julien	Longueuil	1994	Jean Chretien
Justice Chantal Masse	Longueuil	2006
Justice Sophie Picard	Longueuil	2007	Stephen Harper
Justice Louisa Arcand	Montréal	2009	Stephen Harper
Justice Marie-Claude Armstrong	Montréal	2014	Stephen Harper
Justice Frédéric Bachand [6]	Montréal	May 4, 2017	Justin Trudeau	Professor of law McGill Ogilvy Renault
Justice Babak Barin [7]	Montréal	2015
Justice Christine Baudouin [8]	Montréal	May 4, 2017	Justin Trudeau	Casavant Mercier Avocats Heenan Blaikie (1997 to 2009) Called to bar (1993)
Justice Guylène Beaugé	Montréal	2007
Justice Donald Bisson	Montréal	2014	Stephen Harper
Justice Marc-André Blanchard	Montréal	2007	Stephen Harper
Justice Alexandre Boucher	Montréal	2015
Justice Sophie Bourque [9]	Montréal	2005	Hébert, Bourque and Downs Called to bar (184)
Justice Christian J. Brossard	Montréal	2012	Stephen Harper
Justice James L. Brunton [10]	Montréal	2003
Justice Kirkland Casgrain [11]	Montréal	2003
Justice Robert Castiglio^[4]	Montréal	2008	Castiglio et associés (1990 to 2008)
Justice Martin Castonguay	Montréal	2007	Stephen Harper
Justice France Charbonneau [12]	Montréal	2004
Justice Chantal Chatelain [13]	Montréal	2015		Langlois Kronström Desjardins Called to bar (1993)
Justice Carol Cohen [14]	Montréal	1997
Justice David R. Collier^[5]	Montréal	2011	Stephen Harper
Justice Silvana Conte [15]	Montréal	2015		Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Justice Chantal Corriveau [16]	Montréal	2005	Kugler Kandestin Called to bar (1983)
Justice Suzanne Courchesne [17]	Montréal	October 10, 2014	Stephen Harper
Justice Guy Cournoyer	Montréal	2007	Stephen Harper
Justice François Dadour	Montréal	2017	Justin Trudeau
Justice Claude Dallaire	Montréal	2009	Stephen Harper
Justice Marc David	Montréal	2005
Justice Thomas M. Davis^[6]	Montréal	2011	Stephen Harper
Justice Michel Déziel [18]	Montréal	2003		Dunton Rainville s.e.n.c. Called to bar (1972)
Justice Hélène Di Salvo	Montréal	2012	Stephen Harper
Justice Gérard Dugré	Montréal	2009	Stephen Harper
Justice France Dulude	Montréal	2012	Stephen Harper
Justice François P. Duprat ^[7]	Montréal	2012	Stephen Harper
Justice Benoît Emery [19]	Montréal	2002
Justice Lucie Fournier	Montréal	2009	Stephen Harper
Justice Pierre-C. Gagnon [20]	Montréal	2002
Justice Serge Gaudet	Montréal	2015
Justice Marie Gaudreau	Montréal	2003
Justice Louis J. Gouin	Montréal	2011	Stephen Harper
Justice Lukasz Granosik	Montréal	2014	Stephen Harper
Justice Carole Hallée [21]	Montréal	2001	Jean Chretein	Hallée, Hamel Avocats Called to bar (1982)
Justice Stephen W. Hamilton	Montréal	2013	Stephen Harper
Justice Anne Jacob [22]	Montréal	2015
Justice Peter Kalichman	Montréal	2017	Justin Trudeau
Justice Karen Kear Jodoin	Montréal	2013	Stephen Harper
Justice Pierre Labelle	Montréal	2014	Stephen Harper
Justice Pierre Labrie	Montréal	2013	Stephen Harper
Justice Myriam Lachance	Montréal	2017	Justin Trudeau
Justice Louis Lacoursière [23]	Montréal	2002
Justice Marie-Claude Lalande	Montréal	2012	Stephen Harper
Justice Jean-Yves Lalonde [24]	Montréal	2003
Justice Chantal Lamarche	Montréal	2014	Stephen Harper
Justice Mario Longpré	Montréal	2017	Justin Trudeau
Justice Florence Lucas [25]	Montréal	2015		Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP Called to bar (1998)
Justice Johanne Mainville [26]	Montréal	2006
Justice Catherine Mandeville [27]	Montréal	2009	Stephen Harper
Justice Paul Mayer	Montréal	2008	Stephen Harper
Justice Jean-François Michaud	Montréal	2013	Stephen Harper
Justice Michèle Monast [28]	Montréal	2000	Jean Cretien	Bélanger, Sauvé Called to bar (1981)
Justice Benoît Moore [29]	Montréal	Marhc 24, 2017	Justin Trudeau
Justice Gregory Moore [30]	Montréal	August 17, 2017	Justin Trudeau
Justice Gary D.D. Morrison	Montréal	2012	Stephen Harper
Justice Francine Nantel	Montréal	2007	Stephen Harper
Justice Pierre Nollet [31]	Montréal	2010	Stephen Harper	counsel with CBC/Radio-Canada Phillips & Vineberg Called to bar (1981)
Justice Marie-Anne Paquette	Montréal	2010	Stephen Harper
Justice Daniel W. Payette	Montréal	2008	Stephen Harper
Justice Mark G. Peacock	Montréal	2007	Stephen Harper
Justice Michel Pennou [32]	Montréal	Feburary 27, 2015	Stephen Harper	Crown attorney (2001 - 2015) Called to bar (1992)
Justice Micheline Perrault	Montréal	2010	Stephen Harper
Justice Eliane B. Perreault	Montréal	2013	Stephen Harper
Justice Eva Petras	Montréal	2006
Justice Michel A. Pinsonnault	Montréal	2013	Stephen Harper
Justice Yves Poirier	Montréal	2009	Stephen Harper
Justice Élise Poisson	Montréal	2014	Stephen Harper
	Justice Aline U. K. Quach [33]	Montréal	June 9, 2017	Justin Trudeau	Legal Aid Called to bar (1996)
Justice André prévost^[8]	Montréal	2004		Called to bar (1975)
Justice Steve J. Reimnitz	Montréal	2007	Stephen Harper
Justice Karen M. Rogers [34]	Montréal	May 4, 2017	Just Trudeau	Langlois Avocats
Justice Daniel Royer [35]	Montréal	May 4, 2017	Justin Trudeau	Labelle, Boudrault, Côté and Associates (criminal) Crown attorney Called to bar (1996)
Justice Stéphane Sansfaçon^[9]	Montréal	2011	Stephen Harper
Justice Johanne St-Gelais	Montréal	2010	Stephen Harper
Justice Marc ST-Pierre	Montréal	2008	Stephen Harper
Justice Michael Stober	Montréal	2011	Stephen Harper
Justice Chantal Tremblay	Montréal	2015
Justice Danielle Turcotte	Montréal	2009	Stephen Harper
Justice André Vincent	Montréal	2007	Stephen Harper
Justice Michel Yergeau [36]	Montréal	2012	Stephen Harper
Justice Johanne April	Quebec City	2010	Stephen Harper
Justice Michel Beaupré	Quebec City	2014	Stephen Harper
Justice Pierre C. Bellavance	Quebec City	2013	Stephen Harper
Justice France Bergeron	Quebec City	2009	Stephen Harper
Justice Lise Bergeron	Quebec City	2012	Stephen Harper
Justice Jacques Blanchard	Quebec City	2012	Stephen Harper
Justice Claude Bouchard	Quebec City	2004
Justice Jacques G. Bouchard	Quebec City	2012	Stephen Harper
Justice Guy Dd Blois	Quebec City	2014	Stephen Harper
Justice Louis Dionne	Quebec City	2013	Stephen Harper
Justice Daniel Dumais	Quebec City	2014	Stephen Harper
Justice Jean-François Émond [37]	Quebec City	2009, 2017
Justice Suzanne Gagné [38]	Quebec City	June 26, 2015
Justice Marie-Paule Gaganon	Quebec City	2017	Justin Trudeau
Justice Bernard Godbout [39]	Quebec City	2001	Jean Chretien
Justice Simon Hébert	Quebec City	2015
Justice François Huot	Quebec City	2009	Stephen Harper
Justice Denis Jacques [40]	Quebec City	2004	Paul Martin	Grondin Poudrier Bernier Called to bar (1978)
Justice Michèle Lacroix [41]	Quebec City	2000	Jean Chretien	Pouliot, L'Écuyer (family law) Called to bar (1980)
Justice Catherine La Rosa	Quebec City	2006
Justice Manon Lavoie	Quebec City	2013	Stephen Harper
Justice Alain Michaud	Quebec City	2010	Stephen Harper
Justice Pierre Ouellet	Quebec City	2009	Stephen Harper
Justice Suzanne Ouellet	Quebec City	2005
Justice Marc Paradis	Quebec City	2012	Stephen Harper
Justice Clément Samson ^[10]	Quebec City	2011	Stephen Harper
Justice Alicia Soldevila	Quebec City	2006
Justice Bernard Tremblay [42]	Quebec City	June 26, 2015	Stephen Harper	BCF s.e.n.c.r.l. (2001 to 2015) McCarthy Tétrault (1986 to 2001) Called to bar (1986)
Justice Marie-France Vincent [43]	Quebec City	2017
Justice Louis-Paul Cullen [44]	Richelieu - St-Hyacinthe	2006	Stephen Harper
Justice Daniel Beaulieu	Rimouski	2012	Stephen Harper
Justice Sylvain Provencher [45]	St-François - Bedford - Mégantic	2015
Justice Claude Villeneuve [46]	St-François - Bedford - Mégantic	2015
Justice Martin Bureau	Sherbrooke	2003
Justice Gaétan Dumas [47]	Sherbrooke	2004
Justice Charles Ouellet ^[11]	Sherbrooke	2011	Stephen Harper
Justice Line Samoisette	Sherbrooke	2008	Stephen Harper
Justice François Tôth	Sherbrooke	2006
Justice Étienne Parent [48] [49]	St-Maurice	2006, 2017	___, Justin Trudeau
Justice Michel A. Caron [50]	Terrebonne	February 25, 2005	Lavery, de Billy Called to bar (1974)
Justice Alain Bolcduc	Trois-Rivieres	2015
Justice Danye Daigle [51]	Trois-Rivieres	June 26, 2015		Sole practitioner (2006 to 2015) Called to bar (1991)
Justice Jocelyn Geoffroy	Trois-Rivieres	2008	Stephen Harper
Justice Carl Thibault		November 29, 2017	Justin Trudeau	Court of Quebec
Justice Isabelle Breton	Abitibi, Rouyn-Noranda and Témiscamingue	November 29, 2017	Justin Trudeau	Cain Lamarre Called to bar (1994)

Supernumerary

Name	Region	Date Appointed	Appointed By
Justice Brian J. Riordan *^[12]	Montréal	2004
Justice André Roy * [52]	Montréal	2003
Justice André Wery [53] *	Montréal	1997	Jean Chretien
Justice Jerry Zigman *	Montréal	1987	Brian Mulroney
Justice Benoit Moulin	Quebec City	2002 (Judge) - August 17, 2017 (sup.)
Justice Danielle Blondin *	Quebec City	1991
Justice Michel Caron * [54]	Quebec City	2000 (Judge) - June 20, 2015 (sup.)	Jean Chretien
Justice Jacques Babin *^[13]	Quebec City	1995
Justice Yves Tardif * [55]	Sherbrooke	2000	la Commission des lésions professionnelles Called to bar (1970)
Justice Raymond W. Pronovost * [56]	St-Maurice	1997
Justice Paul Corriveau *	Baie-Comeau - Mingan	1985	Brian Mulroney
Justice Hélène Langlois [57]	Montréal	1999 May 8, 2016 (sup.)	Jean Chretien
Justice Jean-Roch Landry *	Bonaventure	1994	Jean Chretien
Justice Roger Banford *	Chicoutimi	1992	Brian Mulroney
Justice Martin Bédard * [58]	Gatineau - Pontiac - Labelle	2000	Jean Chretien
Justice Pierre Isabelle * [59]	Gatineau - Pontiac - Labelle	1999	Jean Chretien
Justice Pierre Journet^[14] *	Laval	1995	Jean Chretien
Justice Jean-Jude Chabot *	Longueuil	1987	Brian Mulroney
Justice Pierre Béliveau *	Montréal	1994
Justice Nicole Bénard *	Montréal	1991
Justice Sylviane Borenstein *	Montréal	1994
Justice Claude Champagne *[60]	Montréal	2000
Justice Jean-François Buffoni * [61]	Montréal	2002
Justice Marie-France Courville * [62]	Montréal	1998
Justice Claudette Picard [63] *	Montréal	1997
Justice Robert Legris *	Trois-Rivieres	1987
Justice Georges Taschereau [64] *	Quebec City	1997	Jean Chretien
Justice Wilbrod Claude Décarie *	Montréal	1994
Justice Louise Lemelin *	Montréal	1994
Justice Jean-Guy Dubois [65] *	Montréal	1997
Justice Richard Grenier * [66]	Quebec City	1998	Jean Chretien
Justice Suzanne Hardy-Lemieux *	Quebec City	1998 (judge) - 2015 (sup.)	Jean Chretien
Justice Julien Lanctôt * [67]	Montréal	1998	Jean Chretein
Justice Luc Lefebvre * [68]	Montréal	1998
Justice Pepita G. Capriolo * [69]	Montréal	1999
Justice William Fraiberg * [70]	Montréal	1999
Justice Marc De Wever * [71]	Montréal	2001
Justice Danielle Mayrand * [72]	Montréal	2001	Jean Cretien
Justice Robert Mongeon * [73]	Montréal	2001 - 2015 (sup.)	Jean Cretien
Justice Richard Nadeau * [74]	Montréal	1999	Jean Cretien
Justice Claudette Tessier-Couture * [75]	Quebec City	2003	Jean Chretein
Justice Gilles Blanchet *^[15]	Rimouski	1995	Jean Cretien
Justice Claude-Henri Gendreau [76] *	Rimouski	1997	Jean Chretien
Justice P.-Marcel Bellavance *	St-François - Bedford - Mégantic	1991
Justice Suzanne Mireault * ^[16]	St-François - Bedford - Mégantic	December 20, 1995	Jean Chretien
Justice Jean Lemelin *^[17]	Quebec City	1996	Jean Chretien
Justice Marc Lesage *	Quebec City	1998	Jean Chretien

Previous Justices

Name	Date Appointed	Appointed By	Previous Position(s)
Pierrette Rayle ^[14]
Jean-Claude Beaulieu ^[14]
Pierre Jacques Dalphond ^[14]
Yves Alain^[18]
Gratien Duchesne ^[18]	October 5, 1995	Jean Chretien	Morency, Duchesne, Paradis (1985 to 1995) Crown attorney (1979 to 1985) Chicoutimi legal aid (1974 to 1979)
Jocelyn Verrier	November 29, 1995	Jean Chretien
Ivan Godin ^[19]	February 7, 1996	Jean Chretein	Godin, Lacoursière
Marie Christine Laberge ^[20]	November 8, 1996	Jean Chretein
Julie Dutil ^[20]	November 8, 1996
G.B. Maughan [77]	Novebmer 5, 1997	Jean Chretein
Jean-François de Grandpré	January 29, 1997	Jean Chretein	Lavery, de Billy Called to bar (1971)
Allan Ross Hilton [78]	January 30, 1998	Jean Chretein	McCarthy Tétrault (1975 to 1998)
Suzanne Hardy-Lemieux [79]	July 15, 1998	Jean Chretein	Tremblay, Bois, Mignault et associés Gagnon, de Billy et associés
Rita Bédard [80]	December 2, 1998	Jean Chretein
Jacques Dufresne [81]	June 25, 1998	Jean Chretein
Hélène Poulin [82]	June 25, 1998	Jean Chretein
Suzanne Courteau [83]	June 25, 1998	Jean Chretein
Normand Gosselin [84]	May 5, 1999	Jean Chretein
Louise Moreau [85]	May 5, 1999	Jean Chretein
Michel Richard [86]	December 8, 1999	Jean Chretien
Jacques J. Levesque [87]	December 8, 1999	Jean Chretien
Maurice Laramee [88]	September 15, 1999	Jean Chretein
Richard G. Mongeau [89]
Jean-Pierre Chretien [90]	June 22, 2000	Jean Chretien	Hydro-Quebec (1975 to 2000)
Joel Avery Silcoff [91]	June 7, 2000	Jean Chretien	Pouliot Mercure Called to bar (1967)
Michel Delorme [92]
Claudine Roy [93]
Claude C. Gagnon [94]			Called to bar (1974)
Richard Wagner [95]			Called to bar (1980)
M. Schrager	? - June 13, 2014

Sources and notes

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