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Chief Justices of Canada

Chief Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada Since 1875

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Chief Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada and their terms of office since the creation of the Supreme Court of Canada in 1875.

  • Beverley McLachlin (2000 to present)
  • Antonio Lamer (1990 to 2000)
  • Brian Dickson (1984 to 1990)
  • Bora Laskin (1973 to 1984)
  • Gérald Fauteux (1970 to 1973)
  • J.R. Cartwright (1967 to 1970)
  • Robert Taschereau (1963 to 1967)
  • Patrick Kerwin (1954 to 1963)
  • Thibaudeau Rinfret (1944 to 1954)
  • Sir Lyman Poore Duff (1933 to 1944)
  • Francis Alexander Anglin (1924 to 1933)
  • Sir Louis Henry Davies (1918 to 1924)
  • Sir Charles Fitzpatrick (1906 to 1918)
  • Sir Henri Elzéar Taschereau (1902 to 1906)
  • Sir Samuel Henry Strong (1892 to 1902)
  • Sir William Johnston Ritchie (1879 to 1892)
  • Sir William Buell Richards (1875 to 1879)

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