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Judge of the Supreme Court of Canada (1939?2023)
Louis LeBel
CC
(November 30, 1939 ? June 8, 2023) was a Canadian jurist who was a
puisne justice
of the
Supreme Court of Canada
. He served on the Court from 2000 to 2014.
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LeBel was born in
Quebec City
. He was the son of lawyer Paul LeBel,
Q.C.
LeBel went to school at the
College des Jesuites
, graduating with a
BA
in 1958. LeBel earned his law degree at
Universite Laval
in 1962 and went on to get an
LL.M
from the
University of Toronto
in 1966. He was a top student, winning the Governor General's medal, the Lieutenant General's medal and the Tessier silver medal.
LeBel was called to the bar in 1962 and practised in Quebec City in several firms until 1984. During this period he taught at the
University of Ottawa
and Universite Laval.
On June 28, 1984, he was appointed directly to the
Quebec Court of Appeal
. He stayed on the Court until he was appointed by
Jean Chretien
to the Supreme Court of Canada in 2000.
LeBel was married to Louise Poudrier on August 28, 1965. His wife is also a lawyer and taught at Universite Laval until 2000. They had three children; Paul, Catherine and Francois, who was appointed a judge of the
Court of Quebec
in 2018.
LeBel died on June 8, 2023, at the age of 83.
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See also
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References
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Further reading
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- Newman, Dwight (2015).
The Dignity of Law: The Legacy of Justice Louis LeBel
. LexisNexis Canada.
ISBN
978-0-43348-709-8
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