Chief Justice of Quebec

The title of Chief Justice of Quebec (French: Juge en chef du Québec) 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.

Chief Justice of the Province of Quebec (1763-1791)

NamePortraitStart[1]End
William Gregory[2]17641766
William Hey[3][4]3 February 176627 September 1774
Peter Livius[5][6] August 17761786
William Smith[7][8] 2 November 17861791

Chief Justice of Lower Canada (1791-1841)

NamePortraitStart[1]End
William Smith[7][9] 17916 December 1793 (Died in office)
William Osgoode[10][11] 24 February 17941 May 1802
John Elmsley[12] 29 October 180229 April 1805
Henry Allcock1 July 180522 February 1808 (Died in office at Québec)
Jonathan Sewell[13] 22 August 18081838
Sir James Stuart[14] 22 October 18381841

Chief Justice of Canada East (1841-1867)

NamePortraitStart[1]End
Sir James Stuart[15] 18411853
Sir Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine[16] 13 August 18531864
Jean-François-Joseph Duval March 18641867

Chief Justice of Quebec (since 1867)

NamePortraitStart[1]End
Jean-François-Joseph Duval 18671874
Sir Antoine-Aimé Dorion 1 June 187431 May 1891
Sir Alexandre Lacoste 14 September 189124 January 1907
Sir Henri-Thomas Taschereau 29 January 190711 November 1909
Sir Louis-Amable Jetté 16 November 190910 August 1911
Sir Horace Archambeault 10 August 191125 August 1918
Jean-Baptiste-Gustave Lamothe 19 September 191824 November 1922
Eugène Lafontaine 22 December 192219 September 1932
Sir Joseph-Mathias Tellier 21 September 193231 December 1942
Séverin Létourneau 9 January 194317 December 1949
Antonin Galipeault 18 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[17]
Manon Savard[18]11 June 2020

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