Gérald Fauteux

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Joseph Honoré Gérald Fauteux , PC , CC (born October 22, 1900 in Saint-Hyacinthe , Québec , † September 14, 1980 ) was a Canadian judge . He was a member of the Supreme Court of Canada from 1949 to 1973 and was its Chairman ( Chief Justice ) from 1970 .

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Fauteux studied law at the University of Montreal and was admitted to the bar in 1925. Together with his grandfather, he founded the law firm Mercier & Fauteux in Montreal . From 1930 to 1936 he was a prosecutor for the city of Montreal, in 1939 he was appointed chief prosecutor of the province of Québec. For 14 years he taught criminal law at McGill University and was dean of the law faculty there from 1949 to 1950 . He was one of the founders of the Law Faculty of the University of Ottawa and was dean of it from 1953 to 1962.

In 1946 Fauteux worked as a legal advisor to the commission of judges Robert Taschereau and Roy Kellock , which investigated the case of the defected Soviet spy Igor Gusenko . On December 22, 1949, Prime Minister Louis Saint-Laurent appointed him Justice to the Supreme Court of Canada . After more than 20 years in office, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau appointed him Chief Justice on March 23, 1970 . Fauteux held this office until December 23, 1973.

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SURNAME Fauteux, Gérald
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fauteux, Joseph Honoré Gérald (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian Judge, Chairman of the Supreme Court
DATE OF BIRTH October 22, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint-Hyacinthe , Quebec
DATE OF DEATH September 14, 1980