Court of Appeal for Ontario (Historical)

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1990 to Present

See also: Court of Appeal for Ontario

Name	Time in Office	Nominated by	Position(s) Prior to Appointment*	Other Details
Russell G. Juriansz [1]	March 12, 2004	Martin / Cotler (Lib)	Superior Court (1998 to 2004) Sole Practitioner (1994 to 1998) Blake, Cassels & Graydon (1987 to 1994) Human Rights Commission (1978 to 1987) Pitman Commission (1976 to 1977) private practice (1974 to 1976) Called to bar (1974) Osgoode grad (1972)	Published criminal decisions Immigrated to Canada April 5, 1955
Robert J. Sharpe [2]	May 25, 1999	Chrétien / McLellan (Lib)	Superior Court Professor University of Toronto Law School (1976 to 1999)	Published criminal decisions
David Watt [3]	October 12, 2007	Harper / Nicholson (CPC)	Superior Court (1985 to 2007) Crown attorney Called to bar (1972) Queens (1970)	Published criminal decisions
David H. Doherty	Sept 1, 1990 (Judge) 2024 (ret)	Mulroney / Campbell (PC)	Superior Court (1988 to 1990) Crown attorney Called to bar (~1974)	Published criminal decisions Cases as counsel
George Strathy [4]	June 13, 2014 (Chief) April 26, 2013 (Judge)<ref>August 2022 (ret)	Harper	Superior Court (2007 to 2013)	Published criminal decisions
Karen Merle Weiler [5]	1992 to September 1, 2017		County Court (1980 to 1985) District Court of Ontario (1985-1989) Superior Court (1989 to 1992) Weiler, Weiler and Maloney Called to bar (1969)	Published criminal decisions
Justice John I. Laskin [6]	Jan 27, 1994 (Judge) Sept 1, 2016 (sup.) 2018 (ret.)	Chrétien	Davies Ward & Beck LLP	Published criminal decisions
Eleanore A. Cronk [7]	July 31, 2001 - January 10, 2018	Chrétien	Lax O’Sullivan Cronk Called to bar (1977)	Published criminal decisions
Robert P. Armstrong [8]	2002 - ?		Private practice Called to bar (1967)	Published criminal decisions
Robert A. Blair	2003 - 2017		Superior Court (1991 to 2003) Called to bar (1970)	Published criminal decisions
Justice Harry S. Laforme [9]	November 19, 2004 (Judge) June 30, 2012 (sup.)	Martin	Superior Court (1994 to 2004) Private practice (aboriginal) Called to bar (1979)	Published criminal decisions Criminal Case Review (2021) [10]
Susan E. Lang [11]	2004 - ?		Superior Court (1989 to 2004) Called to bar (1976)	Published criminal decisions
Justice Gloria J. Epstein	October 12, 2007 (Judge) Jan 1, 2015 (Sup.) Sept 2018 (Ret.)	Harper	Superior Court (1993 to 2007) Gloria Epstein and Associates (1985 to 1993) Fraser Beatty (1982 to 1985) Fasken and Calvin (1979 to 1982) Called to bar (1979)	Published criminal decisions
Edward W. Ducharme [12] [13]	2012 - 2013	Harper		Published criminal decisions
Marc Rosenberg [14]	1995–2015	Chrétien	Assistant AG (1995) Greenspan, Rosenberg and Buhr (1976 to 1995) Called ot bar (1976)	Published criminal decisions
Stephen Goudge [15]	1996–2014	Chrétien	Gowling, Strathy & Henderson Call to bar (1970)	Published criminal decisions
Warren Winkler, Chief Justice	2007–2013			Published criminal decisions
Dennis O'Connor [16]	1998–2012	Chretien	Borden & Elliot Carrick, O’Connor (1966 to 1977)	Published criminal decisions
Michael Moldaver [17]	December 22, 1995 to 2011	Chretien	Pomerant, Pomerant & Greenspan Called to bar (1973)	Published criminal decisions
Andromache Karakatsanis [18] [19]	2010–2011			Published criminal decisions
Louise V. Charron [20]	1995–2004	Chrétien	Ontario Court of Justice (General Division) (1990−1995) District Court (1988) University Ottawa Law (prof) (1985 to 1988) Crown attorney (1980 to 1985) Lalonde, Chartrand & Gouin Called to bar (1977)	Appointed to SCC (2004) Published criminal decisions
Rosalie Abella	1992–2004			Published criminal decisions appointed to SCC (2004)
Louise Arbour	1990–1999		High Court of Justice (1987 to 1990)	Appointed to SCC (1999) Published criminal decisions
Jean-Marc Labrosse	1990–2007			Published criminal decisions

1970 to 1989

Name	Time in Office	Position(s) Prior to Appointment*	Other Details
Marvin Adrian Catzman	1988–2007	High Court (1981 to 1988)	Published criminal decisions
Stephen Borins [21][22]	1997 - ?	Ontario Court (Gen Div) (1990 to 1997) District Court (1975 to 1990) Professor Osgood Hall Called to Bar (1961) U of T (1959)	Published criminal decisions
R. Roy McMurtry	1996-2007 as Chief Justice	CJ for Ontario Court of Justice (General) (1994 to 1996)	Published criminal decisions
Charles Dubin	1973–1996 1987 to 1990 (ACJ) 1990–1996 (CJ)		Published criminal decisions
William Goldwin Carrington Howland as Chief Justice	1975 to 1990 (ONCA) 1977–1990 (Chief)		Published criminal decisions
Walter Surma Tarnopolsky	1985–1993		Published criminal decisions
Peter deCarteret Cory	1981–1989	High Court (1974 to 1981)	Appointed to SCC (1989) Published criminal decisions
Bert James MacKinnon	1974–1987 (ONCA) 1978 to 1987 (ACJ)		Published criminal decisions
Bertha Wilson	1975–1982		Published criminal decisions
Goldwyn Arthur Martin	1973–1988		Published criminal decisions
James Joseph Carthy	1988 to 2004
John Wilson Morden	1978 to 1990
Allan McNiece Austin	1992 to 2003	High Court of Justice (1986−1990) Ontario Court of Justice (General Division) (1990−1992)
George Duncan Finlayson	1984 to 2002
Thomas George Zuber	1975 to 1990	High Court of Justice (1972−1975)	Ontario Court of Justice (General Division) (1990−1999) Superior Court of Justice (1999−2002)
Coulter Arthur Anthony Osborne	1975 to 1990
Horace Krever	1986 to 1999
John Watson Brooke	1969 to 1999
Hilda Margaret McKinlay	1987 to 1999
Sydney L. Robins	1981 to 1998
Lloyd William Houlden	1974 to 1997
Allan Goodman	1979 to 1996
Patrick Thomas Galligan	1989 to 1995
Wilson David Griffith	1987 to 1995
Maurice Norbert Lacourcière	1974 to 1995
Samuel George McDougall Grange	1982 to 1995
Duncan Godren Blair	1979 to 1994
Donald Scarth Thorson	1978 to 1988
Gregory Thomas Evans	1965 to 1976		Appointed as CJ of High Court (1976)
Francis Stephen Weatherston	1977 to 1984
John Douglas Arnup	1970 to 1985
Bertha Wilson	1976 to 1982		Appointed to SCC
Willard Zebedee Estey	1973 to 1975 1976 to 1977 (CJ)		Appointed to SCC (1977)
John Wilson Morden	1978−1990 and 1999 to 2003 ACJ of Ontario (1990−1999)	High Court of Justice (1973−1978)

Until 1969

Name	Time in Office	Position(s) Prior to Appointment*	Other Details
Bora Laskin	1965–1970		Appointed to SCC (1970) Published criminal decisions
Roy Kellock	1942–1944		Published criminal decisions
Henry Hague Davis	1933–1935		Published criminal decisions
Newton Wesley Rowell as Chief Justice	1936–1937		Published criminal decisions
Sir William Mulock as Chief Justice	1923–1936		Published criminal decisions
John Douglas Armour	1887–1890 (as Chief Justice) (1901–1902)		Published criminal decisions
John Hawkins Hagarty as Chief Justice	1884–1897		Published criminal decisions
Thomas Moss as Chief Justice	1878–1880		Published criminal decisions
Robert Alexander Harrison as Chief Justice	1875–1878		Published criminal decisions
Robert Everett Laidlaw	1943−1963		Published criminal decisions
Walter Frank Schroeder	1955−1975	High Court of Justice (1945−1955)	Published criminal decisions
Arthur Robert Jessup	1967 to 1984
Arthur Kelly	1960 to 1975
George Argo McGillivray	1957 to 1973
Kenneth Gibson Morden	1957 to 1961
James Laidlaw McLennan	1961 to 1968
Walter Frank Shroeder	1955−1975	High Court of Justice (1945−1955)
Frederick George McKay	1952 to 1972
Colin William George Gibson	1950−1965
Charles Willian Reid Bowlby	1949−1952
John Bell Aylesworth	1946−1972
James Chalmers McRuer	1944−1945		Appointed to Chief Justice of High Court of Justice (1945−1964)
John Andrew Hope	1945−1954	High Court of Justice (1933−1945)
Wilfrid Daniel Roach	1944−1965	High Court of Justice (1937−1944)
Norman Scarth MacDonnell	1933−1938
Charles Patrick McTaque	1938−1944	High Court of Justice (1935−1938)

Chief Justices of Ontario

Number	Name	Years
21	George R. Strathy	2014–
20	Warren K. Winkler [23]	2007–2013
19	R. Roy McMurtry	1996–2007
18	Charles Leonard Dubin	1990–1996
17	William Goldwin Carrington Howland	1977–1990
16	Willard Zebedee Estey	1976–1977
15	George Alexander Gale	1967–1976
14	Dana Harris Porter	1958–1967
13	John Wellington Pickup	1952–1957
12	Robert Spelman Robertson	1938–1952
11	Newton Wesley Rowell	1936–1938
10	Sir William Mulock	1923–1936
9	Sir William Ralph Meredith	1912–1923
8	Sir Charles Moss	1902–1912
7	John Douglas Armour	1900–1902
6	George William Burton	1897–1900
5	Sir John Hawkins Hagarty	1884–1897
4	John Godfrey Spragge	1881–1884
3	Thomas Moss	1878–1881
2	Robert Alexander Harrison	1875–1878
1	Sir William Buell Richards	1868–1875

Chief Justices of Upper Canada (to 1841)/Province of Canada (1841–1867)

Number	Name	Years
1	William Osgoode	1794–1801
2	John Elmsley, Sr.	1801
3	Henry Allcock	1802–1806
4	Thomas Scott	1806–1816
5	William Dummer Powell	1816–1825
6	Sir William Campbell	1825–1829
7	Sir John Beverley Robinson	1829–1862
8	William Henry Draper	1863–1867

Historical Names of Court

1792: Court of Appeal
1850: Court of Error and Appeal
1876: Court of Appeal
1881: Court of Appeal, division of the Supreme Court of Judicature
1913: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Ontario
1931: Court of Appeal for Ontario, division of the Supreme Court of Ontario
1990: Court of Appeal for Ontario

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