Ronald Martland

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Ronald Martland
Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
In office January 15, 1958 – February 10, 1982
Nominated by	John Diefenbaker
Preceded by	Roy Kellock/Henry Grattan Nolan
Succeeded by	Bertha Wilson
Personal details
Born	(1907-02-10)February 10, 1907 Liverpool, England
Died	November 27, 1997(1997-11-27) (aged 90)

Ronald Martland, CC QC AOE (February 10, 1907 – November 20, 1997) was a Canadian Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.

Born in Liverpool, England, he was the second Albertan ever to be appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada. Justice Martland attended the University of Alberta and obtained a B.A. in 1926 and an LL.B in 1928. He was awarded Rhodes Scholarship and studied at Oxford University, where he played for the Oxford University Ice Hockey Club. He received a BA and a BCL at Oxford, and was the first Canadian recipient of the Vinerian Prize. Ronald Martland was called to the bar of Alberta in 1932 and practiced law at the firm of Milner, Carr, Dafoe & Poirier for over 25 years. He was a bencher of the Law Society of Alberta between 1948 and 1958. He served on the supreme court as Puisne Justice for 24 years prior to his retirement in February 1982 at the mandatory age of 75.

It had been the tradition that the most senior judge on the bench would be appointed its chief justice. When that time came Pierre Trudeau appointed the very junior Bora Laskin as the chief judge instead of Justice Martland.^[1]

Martland was a member of the Anglican Church of Canada.

Honours

1982 - Companion of the Order of Canada
1984 - Alberta Order of Excellence
Honorary Professor of law at the Universities of Alberta and Calgary
Honorary fellow of Hertford College, Oxford

Honorary Degrees

Ronald Martland received Honorary Degrees from several Universities including

University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta
University of King's College in Halifax, Nova Scotia

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References

↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bora_Laskin

External links

v t e The Kerwin court (1954–1963)

1954–1956	R. Taschereau I. Rand R. Kellock J. Estey C. Locke J. Cartwright G. Fauteux D. Abbott

1956–1957	R. Taschereau I. Rand R. Kellock C. Locke J. Cartwright G. Fauteux D. Abbott H. Nolan

1958–1959	R. Taschereau I. Rand C. Locke J. Cartwright G. Fauteux D. Abbott R. Martland W. Judson

1959–1962	R. Taschereau C. Locke J. Cartwright G. Fauteux D. Abbott R. Martland W. Judson R. Ritchie

1962–1963	R. Taschereau J. Cartwright G. Fauteux D. Abbott R. Martland W. Judson R. Ritchie E.M. Hall

v t e The R. Taschereau court (1963–1967)

1963–1967	J. Cartwright G. Fauteux D. Abbott R. Martland W. Judson R. Ritchie E.M. Hall W.F. Spence

v t e The Cartwright court (1967–1970)

1967–1970:	G. Fauteaux D. Abbott R. Martland W. Judson R. Ritchie E. M. Hall W. F. Spence L. Pigeon

v t e The Fauteux court (1970–1973)

1970–1973:	D. Abbott R. Martland W. Judson R. Ritchie E.M. Hall W.F. Spence L. Pigeon B. Laskin

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

Authority control	VIAF: 105143900

Persondata
Name	Martland, Ronald
Alternative names
Short description	Canadian judge
Date of birth	February 10, 1907
Place of birth	Liverpool, England
Date of death	November 27, 1997
Place of death

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