Louise Charron
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| Louise Charron | |
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| Assumed office August 30, 2004 |
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| Nominated by | Paul Martin |
| Preceded by | Frank Iacobucci/Louise Arbour |
| Succeeded by | Incumbent |
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| Born | March 2, 1951 Sturgeon Falls, Ontario |
Louise Charron (born March 2, 1951 in Sturgeon Falls, Ontario) is a Canadian jurist. She was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada in October, 2004, and is the first native-born Franco-Ontarian Supreme Court judge (This distinction has sometimes been attributed to Louise Arbour, but Arbour was born and raised Québécoise).
Charron received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Carleton University in 1972, her Bachelor of Law degree from the University of Ottawa in 1975, and was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1977. She practiced civil litigation befor joining the Crown Attorney's office in 1980. She then became a law professor at the University of Ottawa.
She was appointed to the District Court of Ontario in 1988 and to the Ontario Court of Appeal in 1995. She is eligible to sit on the bench until 2026 when she reaches age 75.
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| Preceded by Frank Iacobucci/Louise Arbour |
Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada August 30, 2004 – present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| 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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