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Chief Justices of Canada

Chief Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada Since 1875

By Susan Munroe, About.com

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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