Jean Beetz

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Jean Beetz


In office
January 1, 1974 – November 10, 1988
Preceded by Douglas Abbott/Emmett Hall/Bora Laskin
Succeeded by Charles Gonthier/Peter Cory
Born March 27, 1927
Montréal, Quebec
Died September 30, 1991

Jean-Marie Philémon Joseph Beetz (March 27, 1927 – September 30, 1991) was a Canadian jurist and puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.

Born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of Jean Beetz and Jeanne Cousineau, he earned a B.A. in 1947 from the Université de Montréal and a LL.L in 1950. He was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship and received a B.A. from Oxford University in 1953. Returning to Canada he became an assistant professor teaching constitutional law at the Université de Montréal in 1953. He was appointed by Pierre Trudeau, a former student of his, to the Quebec Court of Appeal in 1973 and was soon elevated to the Supreme Court of Canada on January 1, 1974. He retired in 1988, and in 1989 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.

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Beetz's area of expertise was constitutional law. Consequently, he would often take part in major federalism decisions. More than anyone else on the Court at the time, he supported the provinces in the division of powers.

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Legal Offices
Preceded by
Douglas Abbott/Emmett Hall/Bora Laskin		 Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
January 1, 1974 – November 10, 1988		 Succeeded by
Charles Gonthier/Peter Cory


The Laskin court (1973–1984)
1973–1977: R. Martland | W. Judson | R. Ritchie | W.F. Spence | L. Pigeon | B. Dickson | J. Beetz | L.P. de Grandpré
1977–1978: R. Martland | R. Ritchie | W.F. Spence | L. Pigeon | B. Dickson | J. Beetz | W.Z. Estey | Y. Pratte
Jan. 1979-Sept. 1979: R. Martland | R. Ritchie | L. Pigeon | B. Dickson | J. Beetz | W.Z. Estey | Y. Pratte | W.R. McIntyre
Sept. 1979-1980: R. Martland | R. Ritchie | L. Pigeon | B. Dickson | J. Beetz | W.Z. Estey | W.R. McIntyre | J. Chouinard
1980-1982: R. Martland | R. Ritchie | B. Dickson | J. Beetz | W.Z. Estey | W.R. McIntyre | J. Chouinard | A. Lamer
1982-1984 R. Ritchie | B. Dickson | J. Beetz | W.Z. Estey | W.R. McIntyre | J. Chouinard | A. Lamer | B. Wilson
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
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