Quebec Superior Court
The Superior Court of Quebec (French: Cour supérieure du Québec) is the highest trial Court in the Province of Quebec, Canada. It consists of 157 judges who are appointed by the federal government. Appeals from this Court are taken to the Quebec Court of Appeal.
Jurisdiction
The Superior Court of Quebec is a court of original jurisdiction, which hears all cases not expressly assigned to another court or administrative body. It possesses both criminal and civil jurisdiction. It also hears certain appeals.
All criminal trials by jury are tried by the Superior Court.
Judges
The Superior Court is composed of 157 justices, including a Chief Justice, a Senior Associate Chief Justice, and an Associate Chief Justice. It can also have a maximum of 111 supernumerary judges.
Chief Justices
Chief Justices (term): [partial listing]
- Edward Bowen (1849-1866)
- Sir William Collis Meredith (1866-1884)
- Sir Andrew Stuart (1885-1889)
- Sir Francis Godschall Johnson (1889-1894)
- Sir Louis-Napoléon Casault (1894-1904)
- Sir Adolphe-Basile Routhier (1904-1906)
- Sir Melbourne McTaggart Tait
- Sir Charles Peers Davidson (1912-1915)
- Sir François-Xavier Lemieux (1915-?)
- R.A.E. Greenshields (1929-1942)
- Albert Sévigny (1942-1959)
- Frédéric Dorion (1963-1973)
- Jules Deschênes (1973-1983)
- Alan B. Gold (1983-1992)
- Lawrence A. Poitras (1992-1996)
- Lyse Lemieux (1996-2004)
- François Rolland (2004-2015)
- Jacques R. Fournier (since 2015)
Current Justices
| Name | Region | Date Appointed | Appointed By |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chief Justice Jacques R. Fournier [1] | All | 2002 (J) 2015 (CJ) | Jean Cretien Stephen Harper |
| Senior Associate Chief Justice Robert Pidgeon | All | 1989 (J) 2005 (ACJ) | Brian Mulroney Stephen Harper |
| Associate Chief Justice Eva Petras | All | 2006 (J) 2015 (ACJ) | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Robert Dufresne | Abitibi - Rouyn-noranda - Témiscamingue | 2006 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Michel Girouard | Abitibi - Rouyn-noranda - Témiscamingue | 2010 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Sandra Bouchard | Alma | 2012 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Serge Francoeur | Alma | 2010 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Nicole-M. Gibeau | Beauharanois | 2010 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Martin Dallaire | Chicoutimi | 2009 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Carl Lachance | Chicoutimi | 2004 | Paul Martin |
| Justice Nicole Tremblay | Chicoutimi | 2014 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Lise Matteau | Drummond | 2002 | Jean Chretein |
| Justice Marie-Josée Bédard | Gatineau - Pontiac - Labelle | 2015 | |
| Justice Pierre Dallaire | Gatineau - Pontiac - Labelle | 2008 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Dominique Goulet | Gatineau - Pontiac - Labelle | 2007 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Suzanne Tessier | Gatineau - Pontiac - Labelle | 2007 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Carole Therrien[2] | Gatineau - Pontiac - Labelle | 2011 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Claude Auclair | Joliette | 2004 | Paul Martin |
| Justice Christiane Alary | Laval | 2005 | Paul Martin |
| Justice Carole Julien | Longueuil | 1994 | Jean Chretien |
| Justice Chantal Masse | Longueuil | 2006 | |
| Justice Sophie Picard | Longueuil | 2007 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Louisa Arcand | Montréal | 2009 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Marie-Claude Armstrong | Montréal | 2014 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Frédéric Bachand | Montréal | 2017 | Justin Trudeau |
| Justice Babak Barin | Montréal | 2015 | |
| Justice Christine Baudouin | Montréal | 2017 | Justin Trudeau |
| Justice Guylène Beaugé | Montréal | 2007 | |
| Justice Donald Bisson | Montréal | 2014 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Marc-André Blanchard | Montréal | 2007 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Alexandre Boucher | Montréal | 2015 | |
| Justice Sophie Bourque | Montréal | 2005 | |
| Justice Christian J. Brossard | Montréal | 2012 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice James L. Brunton | Montréal | 2003 | |
| Justice Kirkland Casgrain | Montréal | 2003 | |
| Justice Robert Castiglio[3] | Montréal | 2008 | Castiglio et associés (1990 to 2008) |
| Justice Martin Castonguay | Montréal | 2007 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice France Charbonneau | Montréal | 2004 | |
| Justice Chantal Chatelain | Montréal | 2015 | |
| Justice Carol Cohen | Montréal | 1997 | |
| Justice David R. Collier[4] | Montréal | 2011 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Silvana Conte | Montréal | 2015 | |
| Justice Chantal Corriveau | Montréal | 2005 | |
| Justice Suzanne Courchesne | Montréal | 2014 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Guy Cournoyer | Montréal | 2007 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice François Dadour | Montréal | 2017 | Justin Trudeau |
| Justice Claude Dallaire | Montréal | 2009 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Marc David | Montréal | 2005 | |
| Justice Thomas M. Davis[5] | Montréal | 2011 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Michel Déziel | Montréal | 2003 | |
| Justice Hélène Di Salvo | Montréal | 2012 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Gérard Dugré | Montréal | 2009 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice France Dulude | Montréal | 2012 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice François P. Duprat [6] | Montréal | 2012 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Benoît Emery | Montréal | 2002 | |
| Justice Lucie Fournier | Montréal | 2009 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Pierre-C. Gagnon | Montréal | 2002 | |
| Justice Serge Gaudet | Montréal | 2015 | |
| Justice Marie Gaudreau | Montréal | 2003 | |
| Justice Louis J. Gouin | Montréal | 2011 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Lukasz Granosik | Montréal | 2014 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Carole Hallée | Montréal | 2001 | Jean Chretein |
| Justice Stephen W. Hamilton | Montréal | 2013 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Anne Jacob | Montréal | 2015 | |
| Justice Peter Kalichman | Montréal | 2017 | Justin Trudeau |
| Justice Karen Kear Jodoin | Montréal | 2013 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Pierre Labelle | Montréal | 2014 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Pierre Labrie | Montréal | 2013 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Myriam Lachance | Montréal | 2017 | Justin Trudeau |
| Justice Louis Lacoursière | Montréal | 2002 | |
| Justice Marie-Claude Lalande | Montréal | 2012 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Jean-Yves Lalonde | Montréal | 2003 | |
| Justice Chantal Lamarche | Montréal | 2014 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Hélène Langlois | Montréal | 1999 | |
| Justice Mario Longpré | Montréal | 2017 | Justin Trudeau |
| Justice Florence Lucas | Montréal | 2015 | |
| Justice Johanne Mainville | Montréal | 2006 | |
| Justice Catherine Mandeville | Montréal | 2009 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Paul Mayer | Montréal | 2008 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Jean-François Michaud | Montréal | 2013 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Michèle Monast | Montréal | 2000 | Jean Cretien |
| Justice Benoît Moore | Montréal | 2017 | Justin Trudeau |
| Justice Gregory Moore | Montréal | 2017 | Justin Trudeau |
| Justice Gary D.D. Morrison | Montréal | 2012 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Francine Nantel | Montréal | 2007 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Pierre Nollet | Montréal | 2010 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Marie-Anne Paquette | Montréal | 2010 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Daniel W. Payette | Montréal | 2008 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Mark G. Peacock | Montréal | 2007 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Michel Pennou | Montréal | 2015 | |
| Justice Micheline Perrault | Montréal | 2010 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Eliane B. Perreault | Montréal | 2013 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Eva Petras | Montréal | 2006 | |
| Justice Michel A. Pinsonnault | Montréal | 2013 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Yves Poirier | Montréal | 2009 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Élise Poisson | Montréal | 2014 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Aline U. K. Quach | Montréal | 2017 | Justin Trudeau |
| Justice André prévost[7] | Montréal | 2004 | |
| Justice Steve J. Reimnitz | Montréal | 2007 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Karen M. Rogers | Montréal | 2017 | Just Trudeau |
| Justice Daniel Royer | Montréal | 2017 | Justin Trudeau |
| Justice Stéphane Sansfaçon[8] | Montréal | 2011 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Johanne St-Gelais | Montréal | 2010 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Marc ST-Pierre | Montréal | 2008 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Michael Stober | Montréal | 2011 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Chantal Tremblay | Montréal | 2015 | |
| Justice Danielle Turcotte | Montréal | 2009 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice André Vincent | Montréal | 2007 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Michel Yergeau | Montréal | 2012 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Johanne April | Quebec City | 2010 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Michel Beaupré | Quebec City | 2014 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Pierre C. Bellavance | Quebec City | 2013 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice France Bergeron | Quebec City | 2009 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Lise Bergeron | Quebec City | 2012 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Jacques Blanchard | Quebec City | 2012 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Claude Bouchard | Quebec City | 2004 | |
| Justice Jacques G. Bouchard | Quebec City | 2012 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Guy Dd Blois | Quebec City | 2014 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Louis Dionne | Quebec City | 2013 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Daniel Dumais | Quebec City | 2014 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Jean-François Émond | Quebec City | 2009, 2017 | |
| Justice Suzanne Gagné | Quebec City | 2015 | |
| Justice Marie-Paule Gaganon | Quebec City | 2017 | Justin Trudeau |
| Justice Bernard Godbout | Quebec City | 2001 | Jean Chretien |
| Justice Simon Hébert | Quebec City | 2015 | |
| Justice François Huot | Quebec City | 2009 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Denis Jacques | Quebec City | 2004 | Paul Martin |
| Justice Michèle Lacroix | Quebec City | 2000 | Jean Chretien |
| Justice Catherine La Rosa | Quebec City | 2006 | |
| Justice Manon Lavoie | Quebec City | 2013 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Alain Michaud | Quebec City | 2010 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Benoit Moulin | Quebec City | 2002 | |
| Justice Pierre Ouellet | Quebec City | 2009 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Suzanne Ouellet | Quebec City | 2005 | |
| Justice Marc Paradis | Quebec City | 2012 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Clément Samson [9] | Quebec City | 2011 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Alicia Soldevila | Quebec City | 2006 | |
| Justice Bernard Tremblay | Quebec City | 2015 | |
| Justice Marie-France Vincent | Quebec City | 2017 | |
| Justice Louis-Paul Cullen | Richelieu - St-Hyacinthe | 2006 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Daniel Beaulieu | Rimouski | 2012 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Sylvain Provencher | St-François - Bedford - Mégantic | 2015 | |
| Justice Claude Villeneuve | St-François - Bedford - Mégantic | 2015 | |
| Justice Martin Bureau | Sherbrooke | 2003 | |
| Justice Gaétan Dumas | Sherbrooke | 2004 | |
| Justice Charles Ouellet [10] | Sherbrooke | 2011 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Sylvain Provencher | Sherbrooke | 2015 | |
| Justice Line Samoisette | Sherbrooke | 2008 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice François Tôth | Sherbrooke | 2006 | |
| Justice Étienne Parent | St-Maurice | 2006, 2017 | ___, Justin Trudeau |
| Justice Michel A. Caron | Terrebonne | 2005 | |
| Justice Alain Bolcduc | Trois-Rivieres | 2015 | |
| Justice Danye Daigle | Trois-Rivieres | 2015 | |
| Justice Jocelyn Geoffroy | Trois-Rivieres | 2008 | Stephen Harper |
Supernumerary
| Name | Region | Date Appointed | Appointed By |
|---|---|---|---|
| Justice Brian J. Riordan *[11] | Montréal | 2004 | |
| Justice André Roy * | Montréal | 2003 | |
| Justice André Wery * | Montréal | 1997 | Jean Chretien |
| Justice Jerry Zigman * | Montréal | 1987 | Brian Mulroney |
| Justice Danielle Blondin * | Quebec City | 1991 | |
| Justice Michel Caron * | Quebec City | 2000 | Jean Chretien |
| Justice Jacques Babin *[12] | Quebec City | 1995 | |
| Justice Yves Tardif * | Sherbrooke | 2000 | |
| Justice Raymond W. Pronovost * | St-Maurice | 1997 | |
| Justice Paul Corriveau * | Baie-Comeau - Mingan | 1985 | Brian Mulroney |
| Justice Jean-Roch Landry * | Bonaventure | 1994 | Jean Chretien |
| Justice Roger Banford * | Chicoutimi | 1992 | Brian Mulroney |
| Justice Martin Bédard * | Gatineau - Pontiac - Labelle | 2000 | Jean Chretien |
| Justice Pierre Isabelle * | Gatineau - Pontiac - Labelle | 1999 | Jean Chretien |
| Justice Pierre Journet[13] * | Laval | 1995 | Jean Chretien |
| Justice Jean-Jude Chabot * | Longueuil | 1987 | Brian Mulroney |
| Justice Pierre Béliveau * | Montréal | 1994 | |
| Justice Nicole Bénard * | Montréal | 1991 | |
| Justice Sylviane Borenstein * | Montréal | 1994 | |
| Justice Claude Champagne * | Montréal | 2000 | |
| Justice Jean-François Buffoni * | Montréal | 2002 | |
| Justice Marie-France Courville * | Montréal | 1998 | |
| Justice Claudette Picard * | Montréal | 1997 | |
| Justice Robert Legris * | Trois-Rivieres | 1987 | |
| Justice Georges Taschereau * | Quebec City | 1997 | Jean Chretien |
| Justice Wilbrod Claude Décarie * | Montréal | 1994 | |
| Justice Louise Lemelin * | Montréal | 1994 | |
| Justice Jean-Guy Dubois * | Montréal | 1997 | |
| Justice Richard Grenier * | Quebec City | 1998 | Jean Chretien |
| Justice Suzanne Hardy-Lemieux * | Quebec City | 1998 | Jean Chretien |
| Justice Julien Lanctôt * | Montréal | 1998 | |
| Justice Luc Lefebvre * | Montréal | 1998 | |
| Justice Pepita G. Capriolo * | Montréal | 1999 | |
| Justice William Fraiberg * | Montréal | 1999 | |
| Justice Marc De Wever * | Montréal | 2001 | |
| Justice Danielle Mayrand * | Montréal | 2001 | Jean Cretien |
| Justice Robert Mongeon * | Montréal | 2001 | Jean Cretien |
| Justice Richard Nadeau * | Montréal | 1999 | Jean Cretien |
| Justice Claudette Tessier-Couture * | Quebec City | 2003 | |
| Justice Gilles Blanchet *[14] | Rimouski | 1995 | Jean Cretien |
| Justice Claude-Henri Gendreau * | Rimouski | 1997 | Jean Chretien |
| Justice P.-Marcel Bellavance * | St-François - Bedford - Mégantic | 1991 | |
| Justice Suzanne Mireault * [15] | St-François - Bedford - Mégantic | December 20, 1995 | Jean Chretien |
| Justice Jean Lemelin * | Quebec City | 1996 | Jean Chretien |
| Justice Marc Lesage * | Quebec City | 1998 | Jean Chretien |
Previous Justices
| Name | Date Appointed | Appointed By | Previous Position(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Justice Pierrette Rayle [13] | |||
| Justice Jean-Claude Beaulieu [13] | |||
| Justice Pierre Jacques Dalphond [13] | |||
| Justice Yves Alain[16] | |||
| Justice Gratien Duchesne [16] | October 5, 1995 | Jean Chretien | Morency, Duchesne, Paradis (1985 to 1995) Crown attorney (1979 to 1985) Chicoutimi legal aid (1974 to 1979) |
| Justice Jocelyn Verrier | November 29, 1995 | Jean Chretien |
Sources and notes
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