| The Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin | |
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| Nominated by | Jean Chrétien |
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| Appointed by | Queen Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | Antonio Lamer |
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| In office March 30, 1989 – January 7, 2000 |
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| Preceded by | William Rogers McIntyre |
| Succeeded by | Louis LeBel |
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| Born | September 7, 1943 Pincher Creek, Alberta |
Beverley McLachlin, PC (born September 7, 1943) is the Chief Justice of Canada, the first woman to hold that position. The Supreme Court of Canada consists of the Chief Justice of Canada ( Juge en chef du Canada) and eight Puisne Justices all appointed by Events 1325 - Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. 1558 - France takes Calais, the last continental 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien, (generally known as Jean Chrétien) (born January 11, 1934) is a Canadian politician who was the twentieth Prime For the ship see RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Context States headed by Elizabeth II Joseph Antonio Charles Lamer, PC, CC, CD (July 8 1933 &ndash November 24 2007 was a Canadian lawyer jurist and Chief Justice The following Judges have served as Puisne Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada. Events 240 BC - 1st recorded Perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Events 1325 - Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. 1558 - France takes Calais, the last continental 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. William Rogers McIntyre CC (born March 15, 1918) is a retired Canadian Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. Louis LeBel (born November 30, 1939) is a Puisne justice on the Supreme Court of Canada. Events 1251 BC - A Solar eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes Greece. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Pincher Creek is a Town in the southwest of Alberta, Canada. It is located immediately east of the The Queen's Privy Council for Canada (QPC (Conseil privé de la Reine pour le Canada (CPR sometimes called Her Majesty's Privy Council for Canada or the Privy Council Events 1251 BC - A Solar eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes Greece. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Supreme Court of Canada consists of the Chief Justice of Canada ( Juge en chef du Canada) and eight Puisne Justices all appointed by Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page
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Early life
Born Beverley Gietz in Pincher Creek, Alberta, the eldest child of Ernest Gietz and Eleanora Kruschell, she received a BA and a MA in philosophy and an LL.B (winning the gold medal as top student) from the University of Alberta. Pincher Creek is a Town in the southwest of Alberta, Canada. It is located immediately east of the A Master of Arts ( Latin: Magister Artium) is a Postgraduate academic Master's degree awarded by universities in a large Philosophy is the study of general problems concerning matters such as existence knowledge truth beauty justice validity mind and language The Bachelor of Laws (abbreviated LLB, LLB or rarely LlB) is an undergraduate or bachelor degree in law offered in most Common law The University of Alberta (U of A is a public research University located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. She was called to the Bar of Alberta in 1969 and to the Bar of British Columbia in 1971. She practised law from 1969 until 1975. From 1974 until 1981 she was an Associate Professor and Professor with tenure at the University of British Columbia. Tenure commonly refers to life tenure in a job and specifically to a senior Academic 's Contractual right not to have their position terminated The University of British Columbia ( UBC) is a Canadian public research University with campuses near Vancouver and in Kelowna
She has one son from her first marriage to Roderick McLachlin. NOTICE TO WOULD-BE ROMEOS ************** Her first husband died in 1988 and she remarried in 1992 to Frank McArdle.
Career as a judge
In 1981 she was appointed to the County Court of Vancouver and then to the Supreme Court of British Columbia. Vancouver (vænˈkuːvɚ is a coastal British Columbia (ˌbrɪtɨʃ kəˈlʌmbiə ( BC) ( (la Colombie-Britannique C In 1985 she was appointed to the British Columbia Court of Appeal and in 1988 was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia. She was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada on March 30, 1989 and was made Chief Justice of Canada on January 7, 2000. The Supreme Court of Canada ( French: Cour suprême du Canada) is the highest court of Canada and is the final court of appeal in the Canadian Events 240 BC - 1st recorded Perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Events 1325 - Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. 1558 - France takes Calais, the last continental 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar.
Upon being sworn in to the Supreme Court of Canada, she also became a Deputy Governor General of Canada together with the other justices of the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court of Canada ( French: Cour suprême du Canada) is the highest court of Canada and is the final court of appeal in the Canadian Deputy of the Governor General ( French: Gouverneur général suppléant) is established under s
When Governor General Adrienne Clarkson was hospitalized for a cardiac pacemaker operation on July 8, 2005, Justice McLachlin served as the Administrator of the Government and performed the duties of the Governor General, including giving royal assent to the Civil Marriage Act, effectively legalizing same-sex marriage in Canada. The Governor General of Canada ( French: Gouverneure générale du Canada, or: Gouverneur général du Canada) is the vice-regal representative Adrienne Louise Clarkson PC CC CMM COM CD (born February 10 1939 is an accomplished Canadian journalist and stateswoman The contractions of the Heart are controlled by chemical impulses which fire at a rate which controls the beat of the heart Events 939 - The Major Occultation or Ghaybat el-Kubra of Muhammad al-Mahdi 1099 - First Crusade: 15000 Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The granting of Royal Assent is the formal method by which a constitutional monarch completes the legislative process of Lawmaking by formally assenting to an The Civil Marriage Act (full title " An Act respecting certain aspects of legal capacity for marriage for civil purposes " was Legislation legalizing On July 20, 2005, Canada became the fourth country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide with the approval of the Civil Marriage Act. She relinquished that task when the Governor General returned to good health in late July.
She is the Chairperson of the Canadian Judicial Council, Advisory Council of the Order of Canada, and Board of Governors of the National Judicial Institute. The Order of Canada is the highest civilian honour within the Canadian system of honours, with membership awarded to those who exemplify the order's Latin She is a Member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada. The Queen's Privy Council for Canada (QPC (Conseil privé de la Reine pour le Canada (CPR sometimes called Her Majesty's Privy Council for Canada or the Privy Council
She has been awarded over 21 honorary Doctor of Laws degrees. She has also been awarded the Yes She Can Award from Balmoral Hall School in 2005 in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Judgments
During her early years on the Supreme Court, she was characterized as a judge with libertarian leaning after her dissent in R. v. Keegstra, finding that the hate-speech criminal offences were unconstitutional, and her judgment in R. v. Zundel where she struck down the criminal offence of spreading false news. The following is a list of Supreme Court of Canada opinions written by Beverley McLachlin during her tenure on the Court R v Keegstra, 3 SCR 697 is a landmark Freedom of expression decision of the Supreme Court of Canada where the Court upheld the Criminal Code R v Zundel 2 SCR 731 is a landmark Supreme Court of Canada decision where the Court struck down the provision in the Criminal Code of Canada that This was also seen to an extent in her decision of R. v. Sharpe where she upheld the child pornography criminal provisions, but limited it by excluding imaginative works that are for private use. R v Sharpe, 1 SCR 45 2001 SCC 2 is a leading Canadian civil rights decision of the Supreme Court of Canada. During this, she also ruled that the laws should apply to fictional depictions, declaring that 'person' would include fictional people as well as real people.
Interpreting "person" in accordance with Parliament's purpose of criminalizing possession of material that poses a reasoned risk of harm to children, it seems that it should include visual works of the imagination as well as depictions of actual people. Notwithstanding the fact that 'person' in the charging section and in s. 163. 1(1)(b) refers to a flesh-and-blood person, I conclude that "person" in s. 163. 1(1)(a) includes both actual and imaginary human beings.
Among her more controversial decisions was her ruling in R. v. Seaboyer, where she struck down the rape shield law because it violated the right to a fair trial of those accused of sexual assault. The Supreme Court of Canada ( French: Cour suprême du Canada) is the highest court of Canada and is the final court of appeal in the Canadian R v Sharpe, 1 SCR 45 2001 SCC 2 is a leading Canadian civil rights decision of the Supreme Court of Canada. R v Seaboyer R v Gayme, 2 SCR 577 is a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision where the Court struck-down a rape-shield provision of the A rape shield law in the United States of America and Canada is a law that limits a defendant's ability to cross-examine Rape complainants about Critics who had seen McLachlin as a groundbreaker for the advancement of women believed she had betrayed their cause.
See also
Notes
- ^ R. v. Sharpe (26 January 2001). This is a chronological list of notable cases decided by the Supreme Court of Canada from the appointment of Beverley McLachlin as Chief Justice of Events 1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Retrieved February 20, 2006. Events 1472 - Orkney and Shetland are left by Norway to Scotland, due to a Dowry payment Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
External links
- Supreme Court of Canada - Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin
- The Canadian Encyclopedia - Beverley McLachlin
- Fundamental Freedoms: The Charter of Rights and Freedoms - Charter of Rights website with video, audio and the Charter in over 20 languages
| Legal offices | ||
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| Preceded by William Rogers McIntyre |
Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada March 30, 1989 – January 7, 2000 |
Succeeded by Louis LeBel |
| Preceded by Antonio Lamer |
Chief Justice of Canada January 7, 2000 – present |
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| Preceded by Stephen Harper |
Canadian order of precedence | Succeeded by Edward Schreyer |
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