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. From 1849 to 1974 it was assumed by the Chief Justice from the Court of Queen's Bench or Court of King's Bench.
Chief Justice of the Province of Quebec (1763-1791)
Name | Portrait | Start[1] | End |
William Gregory[2] | | 1764 | 1766 |
William Hey[4] | | 3 February 1766 | 27 September 1774 |
Peter Livius[6] | | August 1776 | 1786 |
William Smith[8] | | 2 November 1786 | 1791 |
Chief Justice of Lower Canada (1791-1841)
Name | Portrait | Start[1] | End |
William Smith[9] | | 1791 | 6 December 1793 (Died in office) |
William Osgoode[11] | | 24 February 1794 | 1 May 1802 |
John Elmsley[12] | | 29 October 1802 | 29 April 1805 |
Henry Allcock | | 1 July 1805 | 22 February 1808 (Died in office at Québec) |
Jonathan Sewell[13] | | 22 August 1808 | 1838 |
Sir James Stuart[14] | | 22 October 1838 | 1841 |
Chief Justice of Canada East (1841-1867)
Chief Justice of Quebec (since 1867)
References
- ^ a b c d Date the person was appointed, sworn in or started exercising, depending on the sources
- ^ Audet, Francis-Joseph (1927). "Gregory, William, 1764-1766". Les juges en chef de la province de Québec, 1764–1924. Québec: L'Action Sociale. p. 7.
- ^ in collaboration with; Marshall, Peter (1979). "Hey, William". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. IV (1771–1800) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
- ^ Upton, L. F. S. (1983). "Livius, Peter". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. V (1801–1820) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
- ^ Upton, L. F. S. (1979). "Smith, William (1728-93)". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. IV (1771–1800) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
- ^ Upton, L. F. S. (1979). "Smith, William (1728-93)". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. IV (1771–1800) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
- ^ Mealing, S. R. (1987). "Osgoode, William". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. VI (1821–1835) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
- ^ Firth, Edith G. (1983). "Elmsley, John". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. V (1801–1820) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
- ^ Greenwood, F. Murray; Lambert, James H. (1988). "Sewell, Jonathan". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. VII (1836–1850) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
- ^ Kolish, Evelyn (1985). "Stuart, Sir James". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. VIII (1851–1860) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
- ^ Kolish, Evelyn (1985). "Stuart, Sir James". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. VIII (1851–1860) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
- ^ Monet, Jacques (1976). "La Fountaine, Sir Kouis-Hippolyte". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. IX (1861–1870) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
- ^ "Prime Minister announces appointment of new Chief Justice of Quebec". pm.gc.ca (Press release). PMO. 11 June 2020. Archived from the original on 12 June 2020.
- ^ Ross, Selena (11 June 2020). "Trudeau appoints Manon Savard new chief justice of Quebec". ctvnews.ca. Archived from the original on 12 June 2020.
External links
- Court of Appeal of Quebec, "Former judges".