Jean Beetz

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The Honourable Mr. Justice Jean Beetz CC
Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
In office January 1, 1974 – November 10, 1988
Nominated by	Pierre Trudeau
Preceded by	Douglas Abbott/Emmett Hall/Bora Laskin
Succeeded by	Charles Gonthier
Personal details
Born	(1927-03-27)March 27, 1927 Montreal, Quebec
Died	September 30, 1991(1991-09-30) (aged 64)

Jean-Marie Philémon Joseph Beetz, CC (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 an 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.

Judgments

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.

List of judgments (incomplete)

Société des Acadiens v. Association of Parents (1986) (majority)
Beauregard v. Canada (1986) (dissent)

References

"The Honourable Mr. Justice Jean Beetz". The Supreme Court of Canada. Retrieved March 30, 2005.
Office of the Governor General of Canada. Order of Canada citation. Queen's Printer for Canada. Retrieved 24 May 2010

v t e 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

v t e 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

1989–1990:	A. Lamer B. Wilson G. La Forest C. L'Heureux-Dubé J. Sopinka C. Gonthier P. Cory B. McLachlin

Authority control	VIAF: 190658346

Persondata
Name	Beetz, Jean
Alternative names
Short description	Canadian judge
Date of birth	March 27, 1927
Place of birth	Montreal, Quebec
Date of death	September 30, 1991
Place of death

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