William Lyon Mackenzie King - Supreme Court Appointments

Supreme Court Appointments

King chose the following jurists to be appointed as justices of the Supreme Court of Canada by the Governor General:

  • Arthur Cyrille Albert Malouin (30 January 1924 – 1 October 1924)
  • Francis Alexander Anglin (as Chief Justice, 16 September 1924 – 28 February 1933; appointed a Puisne Justice under Prime Minister Laurier, 23 February 1909)
  • Edmund Leslie Newcombe (September 16, 1924 – December 9, 1931)
  • Thibaudeau Rinfret (October 1, 1924 – June 22, 1954; appointed as Chief Justice January 8, 1944)
  • John Henderson Lamont (April 2, 1927 – March 10, 1936)
  • Robert Smith (May 18, 1927 – December 7, 1933)
  • Lawrence Arthur Dumoulin Cannon (January 14, 1930 – December 25, 1939)
  • Albert Blellock Hudson (March 24, 1936 – January 6, 1947)
  • Robert Taschereau (February 9, 1940 – September 1, 1967)
  • Ivan Rand (April 22, 1943 – April 27, 1959)
  • Roy Lindsay Kellock (October 3, 1944 – January 15, 1958)
  • James Wilfred Estey (October 6, 1944 – January 22, 1956)
  • Charles Holland Locke (June 3, 1947 – September 16, 1962)

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