List of Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada

The following table lists the terms of all Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada.

Formed in 1875 by Prime Minister Alexander Mackenzie, the Supreme Court of Canada is the highest court of Canada and since 1949 has been the final court of appeal in the Canadian justice system. The Supreme Court of Canada is composed of nine judges: eight Puisne Justices and the Chief Justice of Canada. Three of the nine positions must be held by someone from Quebec. Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada are appointed by the Governor General on the advice of the Cabinet, which in practice is usually simply an appointment by the Prime Minister. To be eligible for a justice position, one must have been a judge of a superior court, or a member of the bar for ten or more years. A Supreme Court justice, as with all federal judges, may sit on the bench only until the age of 75 years.

In this list, justices are placed in the order in which they took the judicial oath of office and thereby started their term of office.

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William Alexander Henry
Nova Scotia
1816 – 1888
September 30, 1875 - May 3, 1888
"(none)"
Mackenzie
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Sir Henri-Elzéar Taschereau
Quebec
1836 – 1911
October 7, 1878 - May 2, 1906
November 21, 1902 – May 2, 1906
Mackenzie
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John Wellington Gwynne
Ontario
1814 – 1902
January 14, 1879 - January 7, 1902
"(none)"
Macdonald
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Christopher Salmon Patterson
Ontario
1823 – 1893
October 27, 1888 - July 24, 1893
"(none)"
Macdonald
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Robert Sedgewick
Nova Scotia
1848 – 1906
February 18, 1893 - August 4, 1906
"(none)"
Thompson
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George Edwin King
New Brunswick
1839 – 1901
September 21, 1893 - May 8, 1901
"(none)"
Thompson
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Désiré Girouard
Quebec
1836 – 1911
September 28, 1895 - March 22, 1911
"(none)"
Bowell
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Sir Louis Henry Davies
Prince Edward Island
1845 – 1924
September 25, 1901 - May 1, 1924
November 23, 1918 – May 1, 1924
Laurier
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David Mills
Ontario
1831 – 1903
February 8, 1902 - May 8, 1903
"(none)"
Laurier
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John Douglas Armour
Ontario
1830 – 1903
November 21, 1902 - July 11, 1903
"(none)"
Laurier
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Wallace Nesbitt
Ontario
1858 – 1930
May 16, 1903 - October 4, 1905
"(none)"
Laurier
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Albert Clements Killam
Manitoba
1849 – 1908
August 8, 1903 - February 6, 1905
"(none)"
Laurier
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John Idington
Ontario
1840 – 1928
February 10, 1905 - March 31, 1927
"(none)"
Laurier
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James Maclennan
Ontario
1833 – 1915
October 5, 1905 - February 13, 1909
"(none)"
Laurier
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Sir Charles Fitzpatrick
Quebec
1853 - 1942
June 4, 1906 – November 21, 1918
June 4, 1906 – November 21, 1918
Laurier
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Lyman Poore Duff
British Columbia
1865 – 1955
September 27, 1906 –January 2, 1944
March 17, 1933 –January 2, 1944
Laurier
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Francis Alexander Anglin
Ontario
1865 - 1933
February 23, 1909 – February 28, 1933
September 16, 1924 – February 28, 1933
Laurier
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Louis-Philippe Brodeur
Quebec
1862 – 1924
August 11, 1911 - October 10, 1923
"(none)"
Laurier
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Pierre-Basile Mignault
Quebec
1854 – 1945
October 25, 1918 - September 30, 1929
"(none)"
Borden
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Arthur Cyrille Albert Malouin
Quebec
1857 – 1936
January 30, 1924 - October 1, 1924
"(none)"
King
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Edmund Leslie Newcombe
Nova Scotia
1859 – 1931
September 16, 1924 - December 9, 1931
"(none)"
King
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Thibaudeau Rinfret
Quebec
1879 – 1962
October 1, 1924 – June 22, 1954
January 8, 1944 – June 22, 1954
King
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John Henderson Lamont
Saskatchewan
1865 – 1936
April 2, 1927 - March 10, 1936
"(none)"
King
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Robert Smith
Ontario
1858 – 1942
May 18, 1927 - December 7, 1933
"(none)"
King
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Lawrence Arthur Dumoulin Cannon
Quebec
1877 – 1939
January 14, 1930 - December 25, 1939
"(none)"
King
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Oswald Smith Crocket
New Brunswick
1868 – 1945
September 21, 1932 - April 13, 1943
"(none)"
Bennett
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Frank Joseph Hughes
Ontario
1883 – 1967
March 17, 1933 - February 13, 1935
"(none)"
Bennett
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Henry Hague Davis
Ontario
1885 – 1944
January 31, 1935 - June 30, 1944
"(none)"
Bennett
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Patrick Kerwin
Ontario
1889 – 1963
July 20, 1935 – February 2, 1963
July 1, 1954 – February 2, 1963
Bennett
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Albert Blellock Hudson
Manitoba
1875 - 1947
March 24, 1936 - January 6, 1947
"(none)"
King
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Robert Taschereau
Quebec
1896 – 1970
February 9, 1940 – September 1, 1967
April 22, 1963 – September 1, 1967
King
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Ivan Cleveland Rand
New Brunswick
1884 – 1969
April 22, 1943 - April 27, 1959
"(none)"
King
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Roy Lindsay Kellock
Ontario
1893 - 1975
October 3, 1944 - January 15, 1958
"(none)"
King
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James Wilfred Estey
Saskatchewan
1889 – 1956
October 6, 1944 - January 22, 1956
"(none)"
King
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Charles Holland Locke
British Columbia
1887 - 1980
June 3, 1947 - September 16, 1962
"(none)"
King
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John Robert Cartwright
Ontario
1895 – 1979
December 22, 1949 – March 23, 1970
September 1, 1967 – March 23, 1970
St. Laurent
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Joseph Honoré Gérald Fauteux
Quebec
1900 – 1980
December 22, 1949 – December 23, 1973
March 23, 1970 – December 23, 1973
St. Laurent
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Douglas Charles Abbott
Quebec
1899 – 1987
July 1, 1954 - December 23, 1973
"(none)"
St. Laurent
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Henry Grattan Nolan
Alberta
1893 – 1957
March 1, 1956 - July 8, 1957
"(none)"
St. Laurent
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Ronald Martland
Alberta
1909 - 1997
January 15, 1958 - February 10, 1982
"(none)"
Diefenbaker
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Wilfred Judson
Ontario
1902 – 1980
February 5, 1958 - July 20, 1977
"(none)"
Diefenbaker
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Roland Almon Ritchie
Nova Scotia
1910 - 1988
May 5, 1959 - October 31, 1984
"(none)"
Diefenbaker
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Emmett Matthew Hall
Saskatchewan
1898 - 1995
November 23, 1962 - March 1, 1973
"(none)"
Diefenbaker
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Wishart Flett Spence
Ontario
1904 - 1998
May 30, 1963 - December 29, 1978
"(none)"
Pearson
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Louis-Philippe Pigeon
Quebec
1905 – 1986
September 21, 1967 - February 8, 1980
"(none)"
Pearson
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Bora Laskin
Ontario
1912 – 1984
March 19, 1970– March 26, 1984
December 27, 1973 – March 26, 1984
Trudeau
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Robert George Brian Dickson
Saskatchewan
1916 – 1998
March 26, 1973 – June 30, 1990
April 18, 1984 – June 30, 1990
Trudeau
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Jean Beetz
Quebec
1927 – 1991
January 1, 1974 - November 10, 1988
"(none)"
Trudeau
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Louis-Philippe de Grandpré
Quebec
1917 -
January 1, 1974 - October 1, 1977
"(none)"
Trudeau
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Willard Zebedee Estey
Ontario
1919 - 2002
September 29, 1977 - April 22, 1988
"(none)"
Trudeau
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Yves Pratte
Quebec
1925 – 1988
October 1, 1977 - June 30, 1979
"(none)"
Trudeau
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William Rogers McIntyre
British Columbia
1918 -
January 1, 1979 - February 15, 1989
"(none)"
Trudeau
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Julien Chouinard
Quebec
1929 – 1987
September 24, 1979 - February 6, 1987
"(none)"
Clark
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Antonio Lamer
Quebec
1933 - 2007
March 28, 1980 – January 6, 2000
July 1, 1990 – January 6, 2000
Trudeau
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Bertha Wilson
Ontario
1923 - 2007
March 4, 1982 - January 4, 1991
"(none)"
Trudeau
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Gerald Eric Le Dain
Ontario
1924 -
May 29, 1984 - November 30, 1988
"(none)"
Trudeau
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Gérard La Forest
New Brunswick
1926 -
January 16, 1985 - September 30, 1997
"(none)"
Mulroney
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Claire L'Heureux-Dubé
Quebec
1927 -
April 15, 1987 - July 1, 2002
"(none)"
Mulroney
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John Sopinka
Saskatchewan
1933 - 1997
May 24, 1988 - November 24, 1997
"(none)"
Mulroney
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Charles Gonthier
Quebec
1928 -
February 1, 1989 - August 1, 2003
"(none)"
Mulroney
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Peter Cory
Ontario
1925 -
February 1, 1989 - June 1, 1999
"(none)"
Mulroney
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Beverley McLachlin
British Columbia
1943 -
March 30, 1989 – "present"
January 7, 2000 – "present"
Mulroney
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William Stevenson
Alberta
1934 -
September 17, 1990 - June 5, 1992
"(none)"
Mulroney
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Frank Iacobucci
Ontario
1937 -
January 7, 1991 - June 30, 2004
"(none)"
Mulroney
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John C. Major
Alberta
1931 -
November 13, 1992 - December 25, 2005
"(none)"
Mulroney
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Michel Bastarache
New Brunswick
1947 -
September 30, 1997 - June 30, 2008
"(none)"
Chrétien
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William Ian Corneil Binnie
Ontario
1939 -
January 8, 1998 - "present"
"(none)"
Chrétien
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Louise Arbour
Ontario
1947 -
September 15, 1999 - June 30, 2004
"(none)"
Chrétien
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Louis LeBel
Quebec
1939 -
January 7, 2000 - "present"
"(none)"
Chrétien
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Marie Deschamps
Quebec
1952 -
August 7, 2002 - "present"
"(none)"
Chrétien
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Morris J. Fish
Quebec
1938 -
August 5, 2003 - "present"
"(none)"
Chrétien
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Rosalie Abella
Ontario
1946 -
October 4, 2004 - "present"
"(none)"
Martin
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Louise Charron
Ontario
1951 -
October 4, 2004 - "present"
"(none)"
Martin
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Marshall Rothstein
Manitoba
1940 -
March 1, 2006 - "present"
"(none)"
Harper

Justice appointments by prime minister

*William Lyon Mackenzie King - 12
*Sir Wilfrid Laurier - 10
*Pierre Trudeau - 10
*Brian Mulroney - 9
*Alexander Mackenzie - 6
*Jean Chrétien - 6
*Richard B. Bennett - 4
*Louis St. Laurent - 4
*John Diefenbaker - 4
*Sir John A. Macdonald - 2
*Sir John S. Thompson - 2
*Lester B. Pearson - 2
*Paul Martin - 2
*Sir Mackenzie Bowell - 1
*Sir Robert L. Borden - 1
*Joe Clark - 1
*Stephen Harper - 1

List of Prime Ministers that did not make any appointments:

* Sir John Abbott
* Sir Charles Tupper
* Arthur Meighen
* John Turner
* Kim Campbell

References

*Cite web|author=Government of Canada|title=Current and Former Puisne Judges|work=Judges of the Court|publisher=Supreme Court of Canada|date=March 19, 2006|accessdate=2006-11-29|url=http://www.scc-csc.gc.ca/aboutcourt/judges/curformpuisne/index_e.asp
*Cite web|author=Government of Canada|title=Current and Former Chief Justices|work=Judges of the Court|publisher=Supreme Court of Canada|date=March 19, 2006|accessdate=2006-11-29|url=http://www.scc-csc.gc.ca/aboutcourt/judges/curformchief/index_e.asp

ee also

* List of Chief Justices of Canada
* List of Puisne Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada
* List of Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada by court composition
* List of Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada by time in office