Paul Cosgrove

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Paul James Cosgrove PC QC (born December 30, 1934 in Thunder Bay , Ontario ) is a Canadian lawyer and politician of the Liberal Party of Canada , who was for some time a member of the House of Commons , a minister and a judge at the Ontario Superior Court of Justice between 1984 and 2009 .

Life

After attending school, Cosgrove completed a degree from which he received a Bachelor of Arts . He completed another law degree with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) and then took up a position as a lawyer .

He began his political career in local politics and was mayor of Scarborough , the easternmost district of Toronto , between 1973 and 1978 . Cosgrove ran for the Liberal Party both in a by-election on October 16, 1978 and in the general election of May 22, 1979 each unsuccessfully in the constituency of York-Scarborough for a seat in the House of Commons. In the subsequent general election on February 18, 1980 , he was finally elected MP and represented the constituency of York-Scarborough until his resignation on July 9, 1984 in the House of Commons. During his House of Commons he was from April 14, 1980 to July 9, 1984 co-chair of the Joint Special Committee of the Parliament of Canada for the reform of the Senate .

On March 3, 1980, Cosgrove was appointed by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau to the 22nd Canadian Cabinet , where he was Minister of Public Works until September 29, 1982. From March 3, 1980 to October 5, 1982, he was also Minister with responsibility for the National Capital Commission and Minister with responsibility for the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation . Subsequently he was Minister of State for Finance from September 30, 1982 to August 11, 1983.

After leaving the House of Commons, he was appointed a judge at the Ontario Superior Court of Justice on July 9, 1984 by Prime Minister John Turner , who had succeeded Trudeau on June 30, 1984. He held this judicial office until his resignation on April 2, 2009.

His resignation was preceded by a multi-year dispute over his judicial aptitude based on a murder trial in 2003. The then responsible Attorney General of Ontario, Michael Bryant, accused Cosgrove of tarnishing the reputation of the judiciary and denigrating the state. In doing so, he initially received justice and support for his behavior at that time from the Criminal Justice Chamber of the Federal Court of Canada, while later the Appeals Chamber of the Federal Court of Canada ruled against him. After a commission of the Canadian Council of Judges wanted to ask the Minister of Justice at the time to dismiss Cosgrave on December 4, 2008, the entire Council of Judges finally demanded his resignation on March 31, 2009.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Court trims provinces' powers over judges: Federal judge's ruling favors Paul Cosgrove ( Memento of the original from October 20, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: Canadian Justice Review Board (July 28, 2005) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.canadianjusticereviewboard.ca
  2. ^ Remove judge, judicial panel urges . In: The Star of March 31, 2009
  3. ↑ Cosgrove weighs options ( Memento of the original from August 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: The Recorder of April 2, 2009 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.recorder.ca
  4. ^ Cosgrove steps down . In: The Star of April 2, 2009
personal data
SURNAME Cosgrove, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cosgrove, Paul James (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian politician
DATE OF BIRTH December 30, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Thunder Bay , Ontario