- Antonio Lamer
Infobox Judge
honorific-prefix =The Right Honourable
name = Joseph Antonio Charles Lamer
honorific-suffix = PC, CC, CD
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office = 16thChief Justice of Canada
termstart = July 1, 1990
termend = January 6, 2000
nominator =
appointer =
predecessor =Brian Dickson
successor =Beverley McLachlin
office2 = Puisne Justice
termstart2 = March 28, 1980
termend2 = July 1, 1990
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predecessor2 =Louis-Philippe Pigeon
successor2 = William Stevenson
birthdate = July 8, 1933
birthplace =Montreal ,Quebec
deathdate = death date and age|2007|11|24|1933|7|8
deathplace =Ottawa ,Ontario
spouse =Joseph Antonio Charles Lamer, PC, CC, CD (July 8, 1933 – November 24, 2007) was a Canadian lawyer, jurist and Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court of Canada .Personal life
Born in
Montreal ,Quebec , he served in theRoyal Canadian Artillery from 1950 to 1954 and in theCanadian Intelligence Corps from 1954 to 1960. In 1956, he graduated in law from theUniversité de Montréal and was called to theBar of Quebec in 1957.In 1987, he married Justice Danièle Tremblay-Lamer, a judge on the Federal Court.
He died in
Ottawa of a cardiac condition on November 24, 2007.cite web|url=http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20071125/CPACTUALITES/71125023/6488/CPACTUALITES|title= Antonio Lamer n’est plus|publisher=La Presse|date=2007-11-25|accessdate=2007-11-25] cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2007/11/25/lamer-obit.html|title= Former Supreme Court chief justice Antonio Lamer dies|publisher=CBC News|date=2007-11-25|accessdate=2007-11-25]Career
He practised in partnership at the firm of Cutler, Lamer, Bellemare and Associates and was a full professor in the Faculty of Law, Université de Montréal, where he was also a lecturer in criminology.
On December 19, 1969, he was appointed to the
Quebec Superior Court and to the Queen's Bench (Crown Side) of the province of Quebec. In 1978, he was elevated to theQuebec Court of Appeal and was appointed to theSupreme Court of Canada in 1980. He was named Chief Justice on July 1, 1990 and retired on January 7, 2000.He joined the law firm
Stikeman Elliott in a senior advisory role and was appointed Associate Professor of Law at the Université de Montréal in 2000. He was appointedCommunications Security Establishment Commissioner on June 19, 2003, a position he held until August 1, 2006. He also served as Honorary Colonel of the Governor General's Foot Guards.In March 2003, the government of Newfoundland and Labrador chose Lamer to oversee an inquiry into how the criminal justice system dealt with three discredited murder convictions. The hearings lasted about three years. Specifically Lamer was tasked to conduct an investigation into the death of Catherine Carroll and the circumstances surrounding the resulting criminal proceedings against Gregory Parsons, and an investigation into the death of Brenda Young and the circumstances surrounding the resulting criminal proceedings against Randy Druken. Lamer was also asked to inquire as to why Ronald Dalton’s appeal of his murder conviction took eight years before it was brought on for a hearing in the Court of Appeal. [http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2006/just/0621n03.htm "Government of Newfoundland Labrador News Release"] , 21 June 2006. Accessed 26 November 2007.]
Awards
He was a Companion of the
Order of Canada . He received honorary degrees from theUniversité de Moncton ,University of Ottawa , Université de Montréal,University of Toronto ,University of New Brunswick ,Dalhousie University ,University of British Columbia , andSaint Paul University .From 1992 to 1998, Chief Justice Lamer was
Honorary Lieutenant Colonel of the 62nd (Shawinigan) Field Artillery Regiment, RCA.ee also
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List of Supreme Court of Canada cases (Lamer Court)
*Reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada by Chief Justice Lamer References
External links
* [http://csec-ccst.gc.ca/contact/bio_e.php Office of the Communications Security Establishment Commissioner]
* [http://www.scc-csc.gc.ca/aboutcourt/judges/lamer/index_e.asp Supreme Court of Canada - Chief Justice Antonio Lamer]
* [http://www.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=7898 Order of Canada Citation]
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