Pierre Trudeau - Supreme Court Appointments

Supreme Court Appointments

Trudeau chose the following jurists to be appointed as justices of the Supreme Court of Canada by the Governor General:

  • Bora Laskin (March 19, 1970 – March 17, 1984; as Chief Justice, December 27, 1973)
  • Joseph Honoré Gérald Fauteux (as Chief Justice, March 23, 1970 – December 23, 1973; appointed a Puisne Justice December 22, 1949)
  • Brian Dickson (March 26, 1973 – June 30, 1990; as Chief Justice, April 18, 1984)
  • Jean Beetz (January 1, 1974 – November 10, 1988)
  • Louis-Philippe de Grandpre (January 1, 1974 – October 1, 1977)
  • Willard Zebedee Estey (September 29, 1977 – April 22, 1988)
  • Yves Pratte (October 1, 1977 – June 30, 1979)
  • William McIntyre (January 1, 1979 – February 15, 1989)
  • Antonio Lamer (March 28, 1980 – January 6, 2000)
  • Bertha Wilson (March 4, 1982 – January 4, 1991)
  • Gerald Le Dain (May 29, 1984 – November 30, 1988)

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