Quebec Superior Court (Historical)

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Previous Justices

See also: Quebec Superior Court
Name Region Date Appointed Appointed By Previous Position(s) Other Details
Peter Kalichman [1] Montréal June 23, 2017 J. Trudeau Published criminal decisions
QCCA (2021)
Jean-Pierre Plouffe [2] 1990 (Judge)
April 2, 2014 (ret)
Mulroney provincial court (1982 to 1990)
Ontario Legal Aid
Séguin, Ouellette, Plouffe et associés
Called to bar (1967)
Ottawa grad
Appointed Commissioner of the CSE
Martin Vauclair [3] June 18, 2010 to ?? Harper / Nicholson Crown attorney (1994 to 2005)
Called to bar (1994)
Appointed to QCCA
Published criminal decisions
Jacques Viens [4] June 1984 to October 2014 P. Trudeau private practice (1971 to 1984)
Called to bar (1971)
Published criminal decisions
Lucie Fournier Montréal 2009 Harper Published criminal decisions
Appointed to QCCA (June 2019)
Benoît Moore [5] Montréal March 24, 2017 J. Trudeau Published criminal decisions
Appointed to QCCA (June 2019)
Judicial Questionnaire
Lise Matteau [6] Drummond 2002 (Judge)
November 23, 2018 (retired)
Chrétien Published criminal decisions
Stéphane Sansfaçon [7] [8] Montréal 2011 - 2019 Harper Published criminal decisions
Appointed to QCCA
Michel Beaupré Quebec City 2014 Harper Published criminal decisions
Appointed to QCCA (2019) [9]
Dominique Bélanger [10] April 21, 2005 to 2012 Paul Martin Pâquet Bélanger (1991 to 2005)
Kronström Desjardins
Quebec City Legal Department (1986 to ?)
Stikeman Elliott
Chicoine et associés
Called to bar (1980)
Published criminal decisions
Appointed to QCCA (2012)
Michel Caron [11] Quebec City 2000 (Judge) - June 20, 2015 (sup.)
April 3, 2018 (ret)
Chrétien Published criminal decisions
Pierrette Rayle [12] Published criminal decisions
Jean-Claude Beaulieu [13] Published criminal decisions
Pierre Jacques Dalphond [14] Published criminal decisions
Richard G. Mongeau [15] Published criminal decisions
Michel Delorme [16] Published criminal decisions
Claudine Roy [17] Published criminal decisions
Claude C. Gagnon [18] Called to bar (1974) Published criminal decisions
Richard Wagner [19] Called to bar (1980) Published criminal decisions
Mark Schrager [20] ? - June 13, 2014 Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg (2004 to 2011)
Called to bar (1977)
Published criminal decisions
Appointed to QCCA
Yves Alain [21] Published criminal decisions
Gratien Duchesne [22] October 5, 1995 Chrétien Morency, Duchesne, Paradis (1985 to 1995)
Crown attorney (1979 to 1985)
Chicoutimi legal aid (1974 to 1979)
Published criminal decisions
Jocelyn Verrier November 29, 1995 Chrétien Published criminal decisions
Ivan Godin [23] February 7, 1996 Chrétien Godin, Lacoursière Published criminal decisions
Marie Christine Laberge [24] November 8, 1996 Chrétien Published criminal decisions
Julie Dutil [25] November 8, 1996 Published criminal decisions
G.B. Maughan [26] Novebmer 5, 1997 Chrétien Published criminal decisions
Jean-François de Grandpré January 29, 1997 Chrétien Lavery, de Billy
Called to bar (1971)
Published criminal decisions
Allan Ross Hilton [27] January 30, 1998 Chrétien McCarthy Tétrault (1975 to 1998) Published criminal decisions
Rita Bédard [28] December 2, 1998 Chrétien Published criminal decisions
Jacques Dufresne [29] June 25, 1998 Chrétien Published criminal decisions
Hélène Poulin [30] June 25, 1998 Chrétien Published criminal decisions
Suzanne Courteau [31] June 25, 1998 Chrétien Published criminal decisions
Normand Gosselin [32] May 5, 1999 Chrétien Dallaire et Gosselin
Called to bar (1974)
Published criminal decisions
Louise Moreau [33] May 5, 1999 Chrétien Fontaine, Gagnon et Associés
Called to bar (1987)
Published criminal decisions
Michel Richard [34] December 8, 1999 Chrétien Published criminal decisions
Jacques J. Levesque [35] December 8, 1999 Chrétien Published criminal decisions
Maurice Laramee [36] September 15, 1999 Chrétien Published criminal decisions
Jean-Pierre Chretien [37] June 22, 2000 Chrétien Hydro-Quebec (1975 to 2000) Published criminal decisions
Joel Avery Silcoff [38] June 7, 2000 (Judge)
April 10, 2012 (sup.)
Chrétien Pouliot Mercure
Called to bar (1967)
Published criminal decisions
Marie St-Pierre [39] Montreal
Terrebonne
2002 to April 10, 2012 Chretien Desjardins Ducharme Stein Monast
Blain Piché Emery and Associates
Called to bar (1979)
Appointed to QCCA
Published criminal decisions
Clément Gascon [40] Montréal 2002 to April 10, 2012 Chretien Heenan Blaikie
Called to bar (1982)
Appointed to QCCA
Published criminal decisions
A. Rochon ? (Judge)
April 10, 2012 (sup)
 ? (ret.)
Published criminal decisions
J. Chamberland ? (Judge)
April 10, 2012 (sup)
 ? (ret.)
Published criminal decisions
Suzanne Gagné [41] Quebec City June 26, 2015 November 29, 2017 Harper Appointed to QCCA (2017)Published criminal decisions

Chief Justices

Chief Justices (term): [partial listing]

  • Sir 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) [42]
  • Jacques R. Fournier (since 2015)

See Also

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