Peter Cory

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name = Peter deCarteret Cory
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office = Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
termstart = February 1 1989
termend = June 1 1999
nominator = Brian Mulroney
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predecessor = Jean Beetz/Gerald Le Dain
successor = Louise Arbour
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birthdate = Birth date and age|1925|10|25|mf=y
birthplace = Windsor, Ontario
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Peter deCarteret Cory,, CC, QC , BA, LL.B, LL.D (born October 25, 1925) was a puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Canada from 1989 to 1999.

Born in Windsor, Ontario, the son of Andrew and Mildred (Beresford Howe) Cory, he was educated at the University of Western Ontario (Assumption) receiving his BA in 1947 and at Osgoode Hall Law School receiving his LL.B in 1950. He was called to the Ontario Bar in 1950. As a pilot in the RCAF, he served overseas with 6th Bomber Group. He was appointed to the Queen's Counsel in 1963. He practised law with Holden, Murdoch and was elected a Bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada in 1971.

He is past chairman of the Ontario Civil Liberties Section of the Canadian Bar Association, past president of the County of York Law Association, past National Director of the Canadian Bar Association, and past president of the Advocates' Society.

He was appointed to the Supreme Court of Ontario in 1974, the Ontario Court of Appeal in 1981, and was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada on February 1, 1989. He is an Honorary Colonel of the 426 (T) Training Squadron. He retired from the Supreme Court on June 1, 1999. He served as the 11th Chancellor of York University from 2004 to 2008.

In 2002 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.

He was pre-deceased by first wife Edith Nash (with whom he had three children: Christopher, Andrew, and Robert) and in 2007 wed Mary Dayton.

Source

* [http://www.scc-csc.gc.ca/aboutcourt/judges/cory/index_e.asp Supreme Court bio]