Quebec Superior Court

Quebec Superior Court (French: Cour supérieure du Québec) is the highest trial Court in the Province of Quebec, Canada. It consists of 144 judges who are appointed by the federal government. Appeals from this Court are taken to the Quebec Court of Appeal.

Chief Justices (term): [partial listing]

• Edward Bowen (1849-1866)
• Sir William Collis Meredith (1866-1884)
• Sir Andrew Stuart (1885-1889)
• Sir Francis Godschall Johnson (1889-1894)
• Sir Louis-Napoléon Casault (1894-1904)
• Sir Adolphe-Basile Routhier (1904-1906)
• Sir Melbourne McTaggart Tait
• Sir Charles Peers Davidson (1912-1915)
• Sir François-Xavier Lemieux (1915-?)
• R.A.E. Greenshields (1929-1942)

• Frédéric Dorion (1963-1973)
• Jules Deschênes (1973-1983)
• Alan B. Gold (1983-1992)
• Lawrence A. Poitras (1992-1996)
• Lyse Lemieux (1996-2004)
• François Rolland (2004-2015)
• Jacques R. Fournier (since 2015)

Sources and notes

• justice.gouv.qc.ca

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