Chief Justice The Chief's seat | Established in 1875 | William Buell Richards (1815–1889) | September 30, 1875[A] – January 10, 1879 | William Johnstone Ritchie (1813–1892) | January 11, 1879 – September 25, 1892 | Samuel Henry Strong (1825–1909) | December 13, 1892 – November 17, 1902 | Henri-Elzéar Taschereau (1836–1911) | November 21, 1902 – May 1, 1906 | Charles Fitzpatrick (1853–1942) | June 4, 1906[A] – October 20, 1918 | Louis Henry Davies (1845–1924) | October 23, 1918 – May 1, 1924 | Francis Alexander Anglin (1865–1933) | September 16, 1924 – February 27, 1933 | Lyman Duff (1865–1955) | March 17, 1933 – January 6, 1944 | Thibaudeau Rinfret (1879–1962) | January 8, 1944 – June 21, 1954 | Patrick Kerwin (1889–1963) | July 1, 1954 – February 2, 1963 | Robert Taschereau (1896–1970) | April 22, 1963 – August 31, 1967 | John Robert Cartwright (1895–1979) | September 1, 1967 – March 22, 1970 | Joseph Honoré Gérald Fauteux (1900–1980) | March 23, 1970 – December 22, 1973 | Bora Laskin (1912–1984) | December 27, 1973 – March 26, 1984 | Brian Dickson (1916–1998) | April 18, 1984 – June 29, 1990 | Antonio Lamer (1933–2007) | July 1, 1990 – January 6, 2000 | Beverley McLachlin (born 1943) | January 7, 2000 – December 14, 2017 | Richard Wagner (born 1957) | December 18, 2017 – present | | Puisne Justice 1 The Ritchie seat | Established in 1875 | William Johnstone Ritchie (1813–1892) | September 30, 1875 – January 11, 1879[B] | John Wellington Gwynne (1814–1902) | January 14, 1879 – January 7, 1902 | David Mills (1831–1903) | February 8, 1902 – May 8, 1903 | Wallace Nesbitt (1858–1930) | May 16, 1903 – October 3, 1905 | James Maclennan (1833–1915) | October 5, 1905 – February 12, 1909 | Francis Alexander Anglin (1865–1933) | February 23, 1909 – September 16, 1924[B] | Edmund Leslie Newcombe (1859–1931) | September 16, 1924 – December 9, 1931 | Oswald Smith Crocket (1868–1945) | September 21, 1932 – April 12, 1943 | Ivan Rand (1884–1969) | April 22, 1943 – April 26, 1959 | Roland Ritchie (1910–1988) | May 5, 1959 – October 30, 1984 | Gérard La Forest (born 1926) | January 16, 1985 – September 30, 1997 | Michel Bastarache (born 1947) | September 30, 1997 – June 30, 2008 | Thomas Cromwell (born 1952) | December 22, 2008 – August 31, 2016 | Malcolm Rowe (born 1953) | October 28, 2016 – present | | Puisne Justice 2 The Strong seat | Established in 1875 | Samuel Henry Strong (1825–1909) | September 30, 1875 – December 13, 1892[B] | Robert Sedgewick (1848–1906) | February 18, 1893 – August 4, 1906 | Lyman Duff (1865–1955) | September 27, 1906 – March 17, 1933[B] | Frank Joseph Hughes (1883–1967) | March 17, 1933 – February 12, 1935 | Patrick Kerwin (1889–1963) | July 20, 1935 – July 1, 1954[B] | Douglas Charles Abbott (1899–1987) | July 1, 1954 – December 22, 1973 | Louis-Philippe de Grandpré (1917–2008) | January 1, 1974 – September 30, 1977 | Yves Pratte (1925–1988) | October 1, 1977 – June 29, 1979 | Julien Chouinard (1929–1987) | September 24, 1979 – February 6, 1987 | Claire L'Heureux-Dubé (born 1927) | April 15, 1987 – June 30, 2002 | Marie Deschamps (born 1952) | August 7, 2002 – August 6, 2012 | Richard Wagner (born 1957) | October 5, 2012 – December 18, 2017[B] | Sheilah Martin (born 1956) | December 18, 2017 – present | |