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Candidates must have either been a judge of a superior court or a lawyer for at least ten years in their province's bar. [39] Appointments are made by the Governor General of Canada on advice of the Prime Minister. [39] Appointments to the Supreme Court of Canada are subject to the legal requirement that three judges must be appointed from Quebec.
When a chief justice leaves office, the vacancy is traditionally filled by elevating an incumbent puisne justice to the position, which requires a separate appointment process. The first six justices of the Court were all appointed in 1875 by Governor General the Earl of Dufferin, on the advice of Prime Minister Alexander Mackenzie.
Carissima Mathen is a Canadian judge. She was appointed a judge of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice on May 1, 2024. [1] [2] Before her appointment as a judge, Mathen was a law professor at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law and the University of New Brunswick Faculty of Law, and a lawyer with Women's Legal Education and Action Fund.
Mary T. Moreau (born 1955 or 1956) is a Canadian jurist who is serving as a puisne justice on the Supreme Court of Canada since 2023 and is the first Franco-Albertain to sit on the Supreme Court. She formerly served as the chief justice of the Court of King's Bench of Alberta from 2017 to 2023. Her formal welcoming to the Supreme Court of ...
In 2011, Hall was appointed as a judge of the Ontario Court of Justice. [3] He has been a member of the court's education secretariat since 2014. From 2015 to 2017, he was the local administrative judge in Scarborough, Ontario. He held the position of Regional Senior Justice for the Toronto Region from 2017 until his appointment as Associate ...
Supreme Court of Canada The court Supreme Court Act History Process List of cases Current members Chief Justice of Canada Richard Wagner Puisne justices Andromache Karakatsanis Suzanne Côté Malcolm Rowe Sheilah Martin Nicholas Kasirer Mahmud Jamal Michelle O'Bonsawin Mary Moreau All members List of chief justices List of all justices by court by seat Related Court system of Canada Judicial ...
Mary J.L. Gleason is a Canadian judge. Gleason was appointed as a justice of the Federal Court of Appeal in 2015. [ 1 ] Prior to her appointment she was a senior partner with Norton Rose in Ottawa , Ontario.
The Canadian Judicial Council (CJC; French: Conseil canadien de la magistrature) is the national council of the judiciary of Canada, overseeing the country's federal judges. The Council has 44 members, composed of chief justices and associate chief justices. It is chaired by the Chief Justice of Canada, currently Justice Richard Wagner. [1]