Chief Justice of Quebec


The title of Chief Justice of Quebec is assumed by the chief justice of the Court of Appeal of Quebec. From 1849 to 1974 it was assumed by the Chief Justice from the Court of Queen's Bench or Court of King's Bench.

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NamePortraitStartEnd
William Gregory17641766
William Hey3 February 176627 September 1774
Peter LiviusAugust 17761786
William Smith2 November 17861791

Chief Justice of [Lower Canada] (1791-1841)

NamePortraitStartEnd
William Smith17916 December 1793
William Osgoode24 February 17941 May 1802
John Elmsley29 October 180229 April 1805
Henry Allcock1 July 180522 February 1808
Jonathan Sewell22 August 18081838
Sir James Stuart22 October 18381841

Chief Justice of [Canada East] (1841-1867)

NamePortraitStartEnd
Sir James Stuart18411853
Sir Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine13 August 18531864
Jean-François-Joseph DuvalMarch 18641867

Chief Justice of [Quebec] (since 1867)

NamePortraitStartEnd
Jean-François-Joseph Duval18671874
Sir Antoine-Aimé Dorion1 June 187431 May 1891
Sir Alexandre Lacoste14 September 189124 January 1907
Sir Henri-Thomas Taschereau29 January 190711 November 1909
Sir Louis-Amable Jetté16 November 190910 August 1911
Sir Horace Archambeault10 August 191125 August 1918
Jean-Baptiste-Gustave Lamothe19 September 191824 November 1922
Eugène Lafontaine22 December 192219 September 1932
Sir Joseph-Mathias Tellier21 September 193231 December 1942
Séverin Létourneau9 January 194317 December 1949
Antonin Galipeault18 January 19501 March 1961
Lucien Tremblay1 March 19611 July 1977
Édouard Rinfret10 August 197712 May 1980
Marcel Crête12 May 198011 May 1988
Claude Bisson24 May 198831 October 1994
Pierre A. Michaud1 November 199420 June 2002
Michel Robert25 June 200230 August 2011
Nicole Duval Hesler7 October 20118 April 2020
Manon Savard11 June 2020