List of Chief Justices of Canada by time in office
This is a list of Canadian Chief Justices. It can be sorted by time in office or length of retirement. For living Chief Justices, the values are calculated to December 7, 2016.
Chief Justices of Canada
Rank by length of term |
Chief Justice |
Appointed by |
Date of appointment |
Date of retirement |
Length of term |
Length of retirement |
Date of death |
Order by Date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Beverley McLachlin | Chrétien | January 7, 2000 | Incumbent | 6,179 days | Incumbent | 17 | |
2 | William J. Ritchie | Macdonald | January 11, 1879 | September 25, 1892 | 5,006 days | [1] | N/ASeptember 25, 1892 | 2 |
3 | Charles Fitzpatrick | Laurier | June 4, 1906 | October 21, 1918 | 4,522 days | 8,640 days | June 17, 1942 | 5 |
4 | Lyman Duff | Bennett | March 17, 1933 | January 7, 1944 | 3,948 days | 4,127 days | April 26, 1955 | 8 |
5 | Thibaudeau Rinfret | King | January 8, 1944 | June 22, 1954 | 3,818 days | 2,955 days | July 25, 1962 | 9 |
6 | Bora Laskin | Trudeau | December 27, 1973 | March 26, 1984 | 3,742 days | [1] | N/AMarch 26, 1984 | 14 |
7 | Samuel H. Strong | Thompson | December 13, 1892 | November 18, 1902 | 3,626 days | 2,478 days | August 31, 1909 | 3 |
8 | Antonio Lamer | Mulroney | July 1, 1990 | January 6, 2000 | 3,476 days | 2,879 days | November 24, 2007 | 16 |
9 | Patrick Kerwin | St. Laurent | July 1, 1954 | February 2, 1963 | 3,138 days | [1] | N/AFebruary 2, 1963 | 10 |
10 | Francis A. Anglin | King | September 16, 1924 | February 28, 1933 | 3,087 days | 2 days | March 2, 1933 | 7 |
11 | Brian Dickson | Trudeau | April 18, 1984 | June 30, 1990 | 2,264 days | 3,031 days | October 17, 1998 | 15 |
12 | Louis H. Davies | Borden | October 23, 1918 | May 1, 1924 | 2,017 days | [1] | N/AMay 1, 1924 | 6 |
13 | Robert Taschereau | Pearson | April 22, 1963 | September 1, 1967 | 1,593 days | 1,059 days | July 26, 1970 | 11 |
14 | Gérald Fauteux | Trudeau | March 23, 1970 | December 23, 1973 | 1,371 days | 2,457 days | September 14, 1980 | 13 |
15 | Henri E. Taschereau | Laurier | November 21, 1902 | May 2, 1906 | 1,258 days | 1,808 days | April 14, 1911 | 4 |
16 | William B. Richards | Mackenzie | September 30, 1875 | January 10, 1879 | 1,198 days | 3,669 days | January 26, 1889 | 1 |
17 | John R. Cartwright | Pearson | September 1, 1967 | March 23, 1970 | 934 days | 3,533 days | November 24, 1979 | 12 |
Rank by length of term |
Chief Justice | Appointed by |
Date of appointment |
Date of retirement |
Length of term |
Length of retirement |
Date of death | Order by Date |
Milestone illustrations
The time frames involved in the length of service by previous holders of the office can be illustrated by comparing them to the length of time it would take for incumbent Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin to reach them:
- McLachlin surpassed William J. Ritchie as the longest-serving Chief Justice in history on September 22, 2013.
- To surpass Lyman Duff as the longest serving Supreme Court Justice in history, McLachlin will have to serve on the Supreme Court until Saturday, July 11, 2026. McLachlin's age on that date will be 82 years, 307 days. However, as Justices have a mandatory retirement age of 75, it will be impossible for McLachlin to pass this milestone unless the mandatory retirement age is removed, or as was the case with Justice Duff a special act of parliament extend her service.
See also
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