Beverley McLachlin

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Beverley McLachlin

Beverley McLachlin PC (* 7. September 1943 in Pincher Creek , Alberta as Beverley Gietz ) is a Canadian judge and professor of law . She served on the Supreme Court of Canada from 1989-2017 . Since 2000 she was its chairman (English Chief Justice / French Juge en chef ) and the first woman in this office.

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McLachlin studied at the University of Alberta first philosophy then, law. After graduating as the best student of her year, she was admitted to the Alberta Bar Association in 1969, and to the British Columbia Bar two years later . From 1974 to 1981 she was a professor at the University of British Columbia .

After serving six months as a Vancouver District Judge , McLachlin was appointed to the British Columbia Supreme Court in September 1981. From December 1985 she worked at the British Columbia Court of Appeal , and in September 1988 she was appointed chairman of that court. Prime Minister Brian Mulroney named her one of nine judges on the Supreme Court of Canada, and she was sworn in by Governor General Jeanne Sauvé on March 30, 1989.

Following the resignation of Antonio Lamer , Prime Minister named Jean Chrétien McLachlin on January 7, 2000 as the new President of the Supreme Court. When Governor General Adrienne Clarkson had to be hospitalized for heart surgery in July 2005, McLachlin took over the duties of representative of the head of state for three weeks and, among other things, enacted the law on same-sex marriage .

She resigned from office in Canada on December 15, 2017. She continues to work as an honorary, temporarily judge in Hong Kong .

Beverley McLachlin has a son from his first marriage. Her first husband Roderick McLachlin died in 1988. Four years later she married Frank McArdle. She has 21 honorary doctorates .

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SURNAME McLachlin, Beverley
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Beverley Gletz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian legal scholar and judge
DATE OF BIRTH September 7, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Pincher Creek , Alberta