Chief Justice of Quebec
The title of Chief Justice of Quebec (French: Juge en chef du Québec) is assumed by the chief justice of the Court of Appeal of Quebec.
| Name | Portrait | Start[1] | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Gregory | 1764 | 1766 | |
| William Hey[2] | 25 September 1766 | 1776 | |
| Peter Livius[3] | August 1776 | 1786 | |
| William Smith | 2 November 1786 | 6 December 1793[4] | |
| William Osgoode |  |
24 February 1794 | 1 May 1802 |
| John Elmsley[5] |  |
29 October 1802 | 29 April 1805 |
| Henry Allcock | 1 July 1805 | 22 February 1808[6] | |
| Jonathan Sewell[7] |  |
22 August 1808 | 1838 |
| James Stuart | 22 October 1838 | 1853 | |
| Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine |  |
13 August 1853 | 1864 |
| Jean-François-Joseph Duval |  |
March 1864 | 1874 |
| Antoine-Aimé Dorion |  |
1 June 1874 | 31 May 1891 |
| Alexandre Lacoste |  |
14 September 1891 | 24 January 1907 |
| Henri-Thomas Taschereau |  |
29 January 1907 | 11 November 1909 |
| Louis-Amable Jetté |  |
16 November 1909 | 10 August 1911 |
| Horace Archambeault |  |
10 August 1911 | 25 August 1918 |
| Jean-Baptiste-Gustave Lamothe | 22 December 1922 | 19 September 1932 | |
| Pierre-Eugène Lafontaine | 22 December 1922 | 19 September 1932 | |
| Joseph-Mathias Tellier | 21 September 1932 | 31 December 1942 | |
| Séverin Létourneau | 9 January 1943 | 17 December 1949 | |
| Antonin Galipeault |  |
18 January 1950 | 1 March 1961 |
| Lucien Tremblay | 1 March 1961 | 1 July 1977 | |
| Édouard Rinfret | 10 August 1977 | 12 May 1980 | |
| Marcel Crête | 12 May 1980 | 11 mars 1988 | |
| Claude Bisson | 24 May 1988 | 31 October 1994 | |
| Pierre A. Michaud | 1 November 1994 | 20 June 2002 | |
| Michel Robert | 25 June 2002 | 30 August 2011 | |
| Nicole Duval Hesler | 7 October 2011 |
Notes
- ↑ Date the person was appointed, sworn in or started exercising, depending on the sources
- ↑ "William Hey". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2005.
- ↑ "Peter Livius". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2005.
- ↑ Died in office
- ↑ "John Elmsley". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2005.
- ↑ Died in office at Québec
- ↑ "Jonathan Sewell". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2005.
References
- Francis-Joseph Audet, Les juges en chef de la province de Québec, 1764–1924, Québec : L'Action Sociale, 1927 (online).
- The Courts of Québec, "Chief Justices", in the site of the Court of Appeal of Québec, 2008