List of justices at the Supreme Court of Canada
This list includes all of the judges at the Supreme Court of Canada . They are sorted in the order in which they took office.
# | Surname | province | Nominated by ( Prime Minister ) |
Term of office | Term of office as chairman |
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1 | William Buell Richards | Ontario | Mackenzie | September 30, 1875 - January 10, 1879 |
September 30, 1875 - January 10, 1879 |
2 | William Johnstone Ritchie | New Brunswick | Mackenzie | September 30, 1875 - September 25, 1892 |
January 11, 1879 - September 25, 1892 |
3 | Samuel Henry Strong | Ontario | Mackenzie | September 30, 1875 - November 18, 1902 |
December 13, 1892 - November 18, 1902 |
4th | Jean-Thomas Taschereau | Quebec | Mackenzie | September 30, 1875 - October 6, 1878 |
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5 | Télesphore Fournier | Quebec | Mackenzie | September 30, 1875 - September 12, 1895 |
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6th | William Alexander Henry | Nova Scotia | Mackenzie | September 30, 1875 - May 3, 1888 |
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7th | Henri-Elzéar Taschereau | Quebec | Mackenzie | October 7, 1878 - May 2, 1906 |
November 21, 1902 - May 2, 1906 |
8th | John Wellington Gwynne | Ontario | Macdonald | January 14, 1879 - January 7, 1902 |
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9 | Christopher Salmon Patterson | Ontario | Macdonald | October 27, 1888 - July 24, 1893 |
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10 | Robert Sedgewick | Nova Scotia | Thompson | February 18, 1893 - August 4, 1906 |
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11 | George Edwin King | New Brunswick | Thompson | September 21, 1893 - May 8, 1901 |
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12 | Désiré Girouard | Quebec | Bowell | September 28, 1895 - March 22, 1911 |
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13 | Louis Henry Davies | Prince Edward Island | Laurier | September 25, 1901 - May 1, 1924 |
November 23, 1918 - May 1, 1924 |
14th | David Mills | Ontario | Laurier | February 8, 1902 - May 8, 1903 |
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15th | John Douglas Armor | Ontario | Laurier | November 21, 1902 - July 11, 1903 |
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16 | Wallace Nesbitt | Ontario | Laurier | May 16, 1903 - October 4, 1905 |
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17th | Albert Clements Killam | Manitoba | Laurier | August 8, 1903 - February 6, 1905 |
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18th | John Idington | Ontario | Laurier | February 10, 1905 - March 31, 1927 |
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19th | James Maclennan | Ontario | Laurier | October 5, 1905 - February 13, 1909 |
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20th | Charles Fitzpatrick | Quebec | Laurier | June 4, 1906 - November 21, 1918 |
June 4, 1906 - November 21, 1918 |
21st | Lyman Poore Duff | British Columbia | Laurier | September 27, 1906 - January 2, 1944 |
March 17, 1933 - January 2, 1944 |
22nd | Francis Alexander Anglin | Ontario | Laurier | February 23, 1909 - February 28, 1933 |
September 16, 1924 - February 28, 1933 |
23 | Louis-Philippe Brodeur | Quebec | Laurier | August 11, 1911 - October 10, 1923 |
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24 | Pierre-Basile Mignault | Quebec | Borden | October 25, 1918 - September 30, 1929 |
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25th | Arthur Malouin | Quebec | King | January 30, 1924 - October 1, 1924 |
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26th | Edmund Leslie Newcombe | Nova Scotia | King | September 16, 1924 - December 9, 1931 |
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27 | Thibaudeau Rinfret | Quebec | King | October 1, 1924 - June 22, 1954 |
June 8, 1944 - June 22, 1954 |
28 | John Henderson Lamont | Saskatchewan | King | April 2, 1927 - March 10, 1936 |
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29 | Robert Smith | Ontario | King | May 18, 1927 - December 7, 1933 |
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30th | Lawrence Cannon | Quebec | King | January 14, 1930 - December 25, 1939 |
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31 | Oswald Smith Crocket | New Brunswick | Bennett | September 21, 1932 - April 13, 1943 |
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32 | Frank Joseph Hughes | Ontario | Bennett | March 17, 1933 - February 13, 1935 |
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33 | Henry Hague Davis | Ontario | Bennett | January 31, 1935 - June 30, 1944 |
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34 | Patrick Kerwin | Ontario | Bennett | July 20, 1935 - February 2, 1963 |
July 1, 1954 - February 2, 1963 |
35 | Albert Hudson | Manitoba | King | March 24, 1936 - January 6, 1947 |
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36 | Robert Taschereau | Quebec | King | February 9, 1940 - September 1, 1967 |
April 22, 1963 - September 1, 1967 |
37 | Ivan Rand | New Brunswick | King | April 22, 1943 - April 27, 1959 |
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38 | Roy Kellock | Ontario | King | October 3, 1944 - January 15, 1958 |
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39 | James Wilfred Estey | Saskatchewan | King | October 6, 1944 - January 22, 1956 |
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40 | Charles Holland Locke | British Columbia | King | April 3, 1947 - September 16, 1962 |
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41 | John Robert Cartwright | Ontario | Saint-Laurent | December 22, 1949 - March 23, 1970 |
September 1, 1967 - March 23, 1970 |
42 | Gérald Fauteux | Quebec | Saint-Laurent | December 22, 1949 - December 23, 1973 |
March 23, 1970 - December 23, 1973 |
43 | Douglas Abbott | Quebec | Saint-Laurent | July 1, 1954 - December 23, 1973 |
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44 | Henry Grattan Nolan | Alberta | Saint-Laurent | March 1, 1956 - July 8, 1957 |
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45 | Ronald Martland | Alberta | Diefenbaker | January 15, 1958 - February 10, 1982 |
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46 | Wilfred Judson | Ontario | Diefenbaker | February 5, 1958 - July 20, 1977 |
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47 | Roland Ritchie | Nova Scotia | Diefenbaker | May 5, 1959 - October 31, 1984 |
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48 | Emmett Matthew Hall | Saskatchewan | Diefenbaker | November 23, 1962 - March 1, 1973 |
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49 | Wishart Spence | Ontario | Pearson | May 30, 1963 - December 29, 1978 |
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50 | Louis-Philippe Pigeon | Quebec | Pearson | September 21, 1967 - February 8, 1980 |
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51 | Bora Laskin | Ontario | P. E. Trudeau | March 19, 1970 - March 26, 1984 |
December 27, 1973 - March 26, 1984 |
52 | Brian Dickson | Saskatchewan | P. E. Trudeau | March 26, 1973 - June 30, 1990 |
April 18, 1984 - June 30, 1990 |
53 | Jean Beetz | Quebec | P. E. Trudeau | January 1, 1974 - November 10, 1988 |
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54 | Louis-Philippe de Grandpré | Quebec | P. E. Trudeau | January 1, 1974 - October 1, 1977 |
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55 | Willard Estey | Ontario | P. E. Trudeau | September 29, 1977 - April 22, 1988 |
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56 | Yves Pratte | Quebec | P. E. Trudeau | October 1, 1977 - June 30, 1979 |
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57 | William McIntyre | British Columbia | P. E. Trudeau | January 1, 1979 - February 15, 1989 |
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58 | Julien Chouinard | Quebec | Clark | September 24, 1979 - February 6, 1987 |
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59 | Antonio Lamer | Quebec | P. E. Trudeau | March 28, 1980 - January 6, 2000 |
July 1, 1990 - January 6, 2000 |
60 | Bertha Wilson | Ontario | P. E. Trudeau | March 4, 1982 - January 4, 1991 |
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61 | Gerald Le Dain | Ontario | P. E. Trudeau | May 29, 1984 - November 30, 1988 |
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62 | Gérard La Forest | New Brunswick | Mulroney | January 16, 1985 - September 30, 1997 |
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63 | Claire L'Heureux-Dubé | Quebec | Mulroney | April 15, 1987 - July 1, 2002 |
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64 | John Sopinka | Saskatchewan | Mulroney | May 24, 1988 - November 24, 1997 |
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65 | Charles Gonthier | Quebec | Mulroney | February 1, 1989 - August 1, 2003 |
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66 | Peter Cory | Ontario | Mulroney | February 1, 1989 - June 1, 1999 |
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67 | Beverley McLachlin | British Columbia | Mulroney | Mar. 30, 1989 - Present |
Jan 7, 2000 - Present |
68 | William Stevenson | Alberta | Mulroney | September 17, 1990 - June 5, 1992 |
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69 | Frank Iacobucci | Ontario | Mulroney | January 7, 1991 - June 30, 2004 |
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70 | John C. Major | Alberta | Mulroney | November 13, 1992 - December 25, 2005 |
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71 | Michel Bastarache | New Brunswick | Chrétien | September 30, 1997 - June 30, 2008 |
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72 | Ian Binnie | Ontario | Chrétien | January 8, 1998 - October 21, 2011 |
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73 | Louise Arbor | Ontario | Chrétien | September 15, 1999 - June 30, 2004 |
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74 | Louis LeBel | Quebec | Chrétien | January 7, 2000 - November 30, 2014 |
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75 | Marie Deschamps | Quebec | Chrétien | August 7, 2002 - August 7, 2012 |
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76 | Morris Fish | Quebec | Chrétien | August 5, 2003 - August 31, 2013 |
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77 | Rosalie Abella | Ontario | Martin | Oct. 4, 2004 - Present |
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78 | Louise Charron | Ontario | Martin | October 4, 2004 - August 30, 2011 |
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79 | Marshall Rothstein | Manitoba | Harper | March 1, 2006 - August 31, 2015 |
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80 | Thomas Cromwell | Nova Scotia | Harper | December 22, 2008 - September 1, 2016 |
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81 | Michael Moldaver | Ontario | Harper | October 21, 2011 - today |
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82 | Andromache Karakatsanis | Ontario | Harper | October 21, 2011 - today |
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83 | Richard Wagner | Quebec | Harper | Oct. 5, 2012 - Today |
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84 | Clément Gascon | Quebec | Harper | June 9, 2014 - today |
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85 | Suzanne Côté | Quebec | Harper | December 1, 2014 - today |
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86 | Russell Brown | Alberta | Harper | August 31, 2015 - today |
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87 | Malcolm Rowe | Newfoundland and Labrador | J. Trudeau | October 28, 2016 - today |
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