John C. Major

John Charles Major

Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
In office November 13, 1992 – December 25, 2005
Nominated by	Brian Mulroney
Preceded by	William Stevenson
Succeeded by	Marshall Rothstein
Personal details
Born	(1931-02-20) February 20, 1931 Mattawa, Ontario

John Charles "Jack" Major, CC QC (born February 20, 1931) is a Canadian jurist and was a puisne justice on the Supreme Court of Canada from 1992 to 2005.^[1]

Early life and education

Born in Mattawa, Ontario, Major received a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Loyola College in 1953 and a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law in 1957.

Career

He practiced law as a partner in the Calgary office of Bennett Jones LLP for 34 years. He was appointed a Queen's Counsel in 1972. From 1975 to 1985, he was the Senior Counsel for the City of Calgary Police Service. He was appointed to the Court of Appeal of Alberta on July 11, 1991.

Supreme Court

On November 13, 1992, he was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. During much of his time of the Court, he was a comparatively low-key judge. He was known for his belief in providing deference to government and for his particularly succinct writing style. Major stepped down from the court on December 25, 2005, approximately two months early.

Administrator of Canada

On September 27. 2005 Major served as acting Governor General of Canada (also referred to as Deputy of the Governor General of Canada or Administrator of Canada) due to the absence of Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin during the transition from Adrienne Clarkson to Michaëlle Jean.

Post-court

On January 5, 2006, he rejoined the Calgary office of Bennett Jones LLP, the firm with whom he practised before his judicial career.^[2] On March 8, 2006, he was appointed by Prime Minister Stephen Harper to lead a public inquiry into the Air India Flight 182 bombing and the resulting trials. He was made a Companion of the Order of Canada in the Canada Day 2008 Honours.

References

↑ "Judges of the Court: The Honourable Mr. Justice John C. Major". Supreme Court of Canada. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
↑ Bennett Jones http://www.bennettjones.com/MajorJohn/. Retrieved 5 February 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links

Supreme Court of Canada biography

The Lamer court (1990–2000)

1990–1991	B. Wilson G. La Forest C. L'Heureux-Dubé J. Sopinka C. Gonthier P. Cory B. McLachlin W. Stevenson

1991–1992	G. La Forest C. L'Heureux-Dubé J. Sopinka C. Gonthier P. Cory B. McLachlin W. Stevenson F. Iacobucci

1992–1997	G. La Forest C. L'Heureux-Dubé J. Sopinka C. Gonthier P. Cory B. McLachlin F. Iacobucci J.C. Major

1997–1998	C. L'Heureux-Dubé J. Sopinka C. Gonthier P. Cory B. McLachlin F. Iacobucci J.C. Major M. Bastarache

1998–1999	C. L'Heureux-Dubé C. Gonthier P. Cory B. McLachlin F. Iacobucci J.C. Major M. Bastarache W.I. Binnie

1999–2000	C. L'Heureux-Dubé C. Gonthier B. McLachlin F. Iacobucci J.C. Major M. Bastarache W.I. Binnie L. Arbour

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–June 30, 2008:	M. Bastarache W.I. Binnie L. LeBel M. Deschamps M.J. Fish R. Abella L. Charron M. Rothstein

July 1, 2008–December 22, 2008:	W.I. Binnie L. LeBel M. Deschamps M.J. Fish R. Abella L. Charron M. Rothstein

December 22, 2008–August 30, 2011:	W.I. Binnie L. LeBel M. Deschamps M.J. Fish R. Abella L. Charron M. Rothstein T. Cromwell

August 30, 2011-October 27,2011:	W.I. Binnie L. LeBel M. Deschamps M.J. Fish R. Abella M. Rothstein T. Cromwell

October 27, 2011-August 7, 2012:	L. LeBel M. Deschamps M.J. Fish R. Abella M. Rothstein T. Cromwell M. Moldaver A. Karakatsanis

August 7, 2012-October 5, 2012:	L. LeBel M.J. Fish R. Abella M. Rothstein T. Cromwell M. Moldaver A. Karakatsanis

October 5, 2012-August 31, 2013:	L. LeBel M.J. Fish R. Abella M. Rothstein T. Cromwell M. Moldaver A. Karakatsanis R. Wagner

August 31, 2013-June 9, 2014:	L. LeBel R. Abella M. Rothstein T. Cromwell M. Moldaver A. Karakatsanis R. Wagner

June 9, 2014-November 30, 2014:	L. LeBel R. Abella M. Rothstein T. Cromwell M. Moldaver A. Karakatsanis R. Wagner C. Gascon

December 1, 2014-2015:	R. Abella M. Rothstein T. Cromwell M. Moldaver A. Karakatsanis R. Wagner C. Gascon S. Côté

2015-present:	R. Abella T. Cromwell M. Moldaver A. Karakatsanis R. Wagner C. Gascon S. Côté R. Brown

Bombing of Air India Flight 182

Perpetrators	Babbar Khalsa militants Ripudaman Singh Malik * Ajaib Singh Bagri * Inderjit Singh Reyat * Manmohan Singh * Daljit Sandhu Talwinder Singh Parmar Surjan Singh Gill Hardial Singh Johal

Victims	Yelavarthy Nayudamma Inder Thakur

CSIS agents and informants involved	Ted Finn James S. Warren Mel Deschenes Santokh Bagga

Inquiry and trial judges	Ian Josephson John C. Major Patrick Dohm

Works	Air India 182 Children of Air India The Sorrow and the Terror Desperately Seeking Helen

Related topics	Failed bombing of Air India Flight 301 Kim Bolan Eisha Marjara Lata Pada Renée Sarojini Saklikar Timeline

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