Chief Justice of Quebec

Chief Justice of Quebec

The title of Chief Justice of Quebec (French: Juge en chef du Québec) is assumed by the chief justice of the Court of Appeal of Quebec.

Name Portrait Start [1] End
William Gregory 1764 1766
William Hey[2] 25 September 1766 1776
Peter Livius[3] August 1776 1786
William Smith 2 November 1786 6 December 1793[4]
William Osgoode William Osgoode.png 24 February 1794 1 May 1802
John Elmsley[5] John Elmsley.png 29 October 1802 29 April 1805
Henry Allcock 1 July 1805 22 February 1808[6]
Jonathan Sewell[7] Jonsewell.jpg 22 August 1808 1838
James Stuart 22 October 1838 1853
Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine Louis-Hyppolite Lafontaine.jpg 13 August 1853 1864
Jean-François-Joseph Duval March 1864 1874
Antoine-Aimé Dorion AntoineAimeDorion23.jpg 1 June 1874 31 May 1891
Alexandre Lacoste AlexandreLacoste23.jpg 14 September 1891 24 January 1907
Henri-Thomas Taschereau Henri-Thomas Taschereau.jpg 29 January 1907 11 November 1909
Louis-Amable Jetté Louis-Amable Jette.jpg 16 November 1909 10 August 1911
Horace Archambeault Horace Archambeault.jpg 10 August 1911 25 August 1918
Jean-Baptiste-Gustave Lamothe 22 December 1922 19 September 1932
Pierre-Eugène Lafontaine 22 December 1922 19 September 1932
Joseph-Mathias Tellier 21 September 1932 31 December 1942
Séverin Létourneau 9 January 1943 17 December 1949
Antonin Galipeault Antonin Galipeault.png 18 January 1950 1 March 1961
Lucien Tremblay 1 March 1961 1 July 1977
Édouard Rinfret 10 August 1977 12 May 1980
Marcel Crête 12 May 1980 11 mars 1988
Claude Bisson 24 May 1988 31 October 1994
Pierre A. Michaud 1 November 1994 20 June 2002
Michel Robert 25 June 2002 30 August 2011

Notes

  1. ^ Date the person was appointed, sworn in or started exercising, depending on the sources
  2. ^ William Hey at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
  3. ^ Peter Livius at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
  4. ^ Died in office
  5. ^ John Elmsley at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
  6. ^ Died in office at Québec
  7. ^ Jonathan Sewell at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online

References

  • Francis-Joseph Audet, Les juges en chef de la province de Québec, 1764-1924, Québec : L'Action Sociale, 1927 (online).
  • The Courts of Québec, "Chief Justices", in the site of the Court of Appeal of Québec, 2008

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