Charles Gonthier

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Charles Doherty Gonthier
Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
Term in office
February 1, 1989 – August 1, 2003
Preceded by Jean Beetz/Gerald Le Dain
Succeeded by Morris Fish
Born August 1, 1928
Montréal, Quebec

Charles Doherty Gonthier (August 1, 1928), B.A., B.C.L. was a Puisne judge on the Supreme Court of Canada from February 1, 1989 to August 1, 2003. He was replaced by Morris Fish.

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[edit] Early life

Gonthier was born in Montréal, Quebec to Georges Gonthier and Kathleen Doherty.

[edit] Education

He was educated at École Garneau, Ottawa then at Collège Stanislas in Montreal, a Roman Catholic private school and the most elite institution of its kind in Quebec where he obtained a French Baccalaureate. He eventually earned his B.C.L. at McGill University in 1951 (first class honours). Hon. LL.D., McGill University, 1990. D.H.C., Université de Montréal, 2002. Married in 1961 to Mariette Morin, M.D., M.Sc., F.R.C.S.(C), F.A.C.O.G.

[edit] Legal Career

Called to the Bar of Quebec, 1952. He practised law in Montréal with Hackett, Mulvena & Laverty, 1952-57 and then with Hugessen, Macklaier, Chisholm, Smith & Davis, later known as Laing, Weldon, Courtois, Clarkson, Parsons, Gonthier & Tétrault, 1957-74.

He was appointed to the Quebec Superior Court on October 17, 1974. Later he was appointed to the Quebec Court of Appeal on May 24, 1988 and finally to the Supreme Court of Canada on February 1, 1989. Gonthier retired on August 1, 2003.

[edit] Awards and Accomplishments

  • Appointed Q.C., 1971.
  • Member of the Board of the Montréal Legal Aid Bureau, 1959-69.
  • President of Junior Bar of Montréal, 1960-61.
  • President of Junior Bar Section of the Canadian Bar Association, 1961-62.
  • Member of the Board of Montréal Bar, 1961-62. Secretary of the Quebec Division of the Canadian Bar Association, 1963-64.
  • Member of the Committee on Building Contracts of the Quebec Civil Code Revision Office, 1969-72.
  • Member of the Committee on Discipline of the Bar of Quebec, 1973-74.
  • President of the Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice, 1986-87.
  • President of the Canadian Judges Conference, 1988-89.
  • Chairman of the Commission for National Judges of the First World Conference on the Independence of Justice in Montréal, 1983.
  • President of l'Association des anciens du Collège Stanislas, 1954-55.
  • Secretary of the Montréal Branch of the Canadian Institute of International Affairs, 1957-58.
  • Chairman of the Board of Collège Stanislas, 1984-90.
  • Honorary Secretary of the Montréal Museum of Fine Arts, 1961-76.
  • Member of the Board of Directors of the McCord Museum of Canadian History, 1976-89.
  • Knight of l'Ordre des palmes académiques - France, 1988.
  • Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers (hon.), 1996.
  • Fellow, Canadian Bar Association, 2003.
  • Lifetime member, Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice. Bar of Montreal Medal, 2003.

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Preceded by:
Jean Beetz/Gerald Le Dain		 Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
February 1, 1989 – August 1, 2003		 Succeeded by:
Morris Fish


The Dickson court (1984–1990)
1984–1985: R. Ritchie | J. Beetz | W.Z. Estey | W.R. McIntyre | J. Chouinard | A. Lamer | B. Wilson | G. Le Dain
1985–1987: J. Beetz | W.Z. Estey | W.R. McIntyre | J. Chouinard | A. Lamer | B. Wilson | G. Le Dain | G. La Forest
1987–May 1988: J. Beetz | W.Z. Estey | W.R. McIntyre | A. Lamer | B. Wilson | G. Le Dain | G. La Forest | C. L'Heureux-Dubé
May 1988–Nov. 1988: J. Beetz | W.R. McIntyre | A. Lamer | B. Wilson | G. Le Dain | G. La Forest | C. L'Heureux-Dubé | J. Sopinka
Nov. 1988-1989 W.R. McIntyre | A. Lamer | B. Wilson | G. La Forest | C. L'Heureux-Dubé | J. Sopinka | C. Gonthier | P. Cory
March 1989-1990 A. Lamer | B. Wilson | G. La Forest | C. L'Heureux-Dubé | J. Sopinka | C. Gonthier | P. Cory | B. McLachlin
The Lamer court (1990–2000)
1990–1991: B. Wilson | G. La Forest | C. L'Heureux-Dubé | J. Sopinka | C. Gonthier | P. Cory | B. McLachlin | W. Stevenson
1991–1992: G. La Forest | C. L'Heureux-Dubé | J. Sopinka | C. Gonthier | P. Cory | B. McLachlin | W. Stevenson | F. Iacobucci
1992–1997: G. La Forest | C. L'Heureux-Dubé | J. Sopinka | C. Gonthier | P. Cory | B. McLachlin | F. Iacobucci | J.C. Major
1997–1998: C. L'Heureux-Dubé | J. Sopinka | C. Gonthier | P. Cory | B. McLachlin | F. Iacobucci | J.C. Major | M. Bastarache
1998–1999: C. L'Heureux-Dubé | C. Gonthier | P. Cory | B. McLachlin | F. Iacobucci | J.C. Major | M. Bastarache | W.I. Binnie
1999–2000: C. L'Heureux-Dubé | C. Gonthier | B. McLachlin | F. Iacobucci | J.C. Major | M. Bastarache | W.I. Binnie | L. Arbour
The McLachlin court (2000–present)
2000–2002: C. L'Heureux-Dubé | C. Gonthier | F. Iacobucci | J.C. Major | M. Bastarache | W.I. Binnie | L. Arbour | L. LeBel
2002–2003: C. Gonthier | F. Iacobucci | J.C. Major | M. Bastarache | W.I. Binnie | L. Arbour | L. LeBel | M. Deschamps
2003–2004: F. Iacobucci | J.C. Major | M. Bastarache | W.I. Binnie | L. Arbour | L. LeBel | M. Deschamps | M.J. Fish
2004–2005: J.C. Major | M. Bastarache | W.I. Binnie | L. LeBel | M. Deschamps | M.J. Fish | R. Abella | L. Charron
2005–2006: M. Bastarache | W.I. Binnie | L. LeBel | M. Deschamps | M.J. Fish | R. Abella | L. Charron
2006–present: M. Bastarache | W.I. Binnie | L. LeBel | M. Deschamps | M.J. Fish | R. Abella | L. Charron | M. Rothstein
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