Thibaudeau Rinfret

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The Right Honourable Thibaudeau Rinfret

9th Chief Justice of Canada
In office January 8, 1944 – June 22, 1954
Nominated by	W. L. Mackenzie King
Appointed by	The Earl of Athlone
Preceded by	Lyman Poore Duff
Succeeded by	Patrick Kerwin
Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
In office October 1, 1924 – January 8, 1944
Nominated by	W. L. Mackenzie King
Preceded by	Arthur Malouin
Succeeded by	Roy Kellock/James Wilfred Estey
Personal details
Born	(1879-06-22)June 22, 1879 Montreal, Quebec
Died	July 25, 1962(1962-07-25) (aged 83)
Nationality	Canadian
Relations	Fernand Rinfret, brother Charles Rinfret, brother
Alma mater	Université Laval and McGill University
Occupation	Lawyer, jurist

Thibaudeau Rinfret, PC (June 22, 1879 – July 25, 1962) was a Canadian jurist and the ninth Chief Justice of Canada and acting Governor General of Canada in 1952.

Personal life

Rinfret studied law at Université Laval and McGill University and was called to the Bar of Quebec in 1901. He was appointed to the Quebec Superior Court in 1922 and to the Supreme Court of Canada in 1924.

Rinfret was son of François-Olivier Rinfret and Albina Pominville. He was the brother of Fernand Rinfret, Liberal politician and Montreal Mayor, and brother of Charles Rinfret, a prominent Montreal businessman.

In May 1933, his brother Charles died in an apparent suicide by jumping off a bridge in front of a passing train.

Professional career

Rinfret became Chief Justice on January 8, 1944, and served until his retirement on June 22, 1954. During his term as Chief Justice, Canada ended appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council making the Supreme Court of Canada the final court of appeal in Canadian jurisprudence.

Rinfret was acting Governor General (or Administrator of the Government) in 1952 after the departure of Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis and until Vincent Massey could officially take his vice-regal post; during this time he proclaimed Elizabeth II as Queen of Canada, following the death of King George VI.

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Political offices
Preceded by Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis	Acting Governor General of Canada or administrator 1952	Succeeded by Vincent Massey

v t e Chief Justices of Canada

Richards Ritchie Strong H. E. Taschereau Fitzpatrick Davies Anglin Duff Rinfret Kerwin R. Taschereau Cartwright Fauteux Laskin Dickson Lamer McLachlin

v t e The Anglin court (1924–1933)

September 1924 – October 1924:	J. Idington L. Duff P. Mignault A. Malouin E. Newcombe

October 1924 – 1927:	J. Idington L. Duff P. Mignault E. Newcombe T. Rinfret

1927–1929:	L. Duff P. Mignault E. Newcombe T. Rinfret J. Lamont R. Smith

1929–1930:	L. Duff E. Newcombe T. Rinfret J. Lamont R. Smith

1930–1931:	L. Duff E. Newcombe T. Rinfret J. Lamont R. Smith L. Cannon

1931–1932:	L. Duff T. Rinfret J. Lamont R. Smith L. Cannon

1932–1933:	L. Duff T. Rinfret J. Lamont R. Smith L. Cannon O. Crocket

v t e The Duff court (1933–1944)

March 1933 – December 1933:	T. Rinfret J. Lamont R. Smith L. Cannon O. Crocket F. Hughes

December 1933 – January 1935:	T. Rinfret J. Lamont L. Cannon O. Crocket F. Hughes

January 1935 – February 1935:	T. Rinfret J. Lamont L. Cannon O. Crocket F. Hughes H. Davis

February 1935 – July 1935:	T. Rinfret J. Lamont L. Cannon O. Crocket H. Davis

July 1935 – March 1936:	T. Rinfret J. Lamont L. Cannon O. Crocket H. Davis P. Kerwin

March 1936 – December 1939:	T. Rinfret L. Cannon O. Crocket H. Davis P. Kerwin A. Hudson

December 1939 – February 1940:	T. Rinfret O. Crocket H. Davis P. Kerwin A. Hudson

February 1940 – April 1943:	T. Rinfret O. Crocket H. Davis P. Kerwin A. Hudson R. Taschereau

April 1943 – January 1944:	T. Rinfret H. Davis P. Kerwin A. Hudson R. Taschereau I. Rand

v t e The Rinfret court (1944–1954)

January 1944 – June 1944	H. Davis P. Kerwin A. Hudson R. Taschereau I. Rand

October 1944 – 1947	P. Kerwin A. Hudson R. Taschereau I. Rand R. Kellock J. Estey

1947–1949	P. Kerwin R. Taschereau I. Rand R. Kellock J. Estey C. Locke

1949–1954	P. Kerwin R. Taschereau I. Rand R. Kellock J. Estey C. Locke J. Cartwright G. Fauteux

Persondata
Name	Rinfret, Thibaudeau
Alternative names
Short description	Canadian Chief Justice
Date of birth	June 22, 1879
Place of birth	Montreal, Quebec
Date of death	July 25, 1962
Place of death

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