Quebec Superior Court
Quebec Superior Court (French: Cour supérieure du Québec) is the highest trial Court in the Province of Quebec, Canada. It consists of 144 judges who are appointed by the federal government. Appeals from this Court are taken to the Quebec Court of Appeal.
Chief Justices[edit]
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)
- 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)
List of Current Justices[edit]
| Name | Region | Date Appointed | Appointed By |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chief Justice Jacques R. Fournier | 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 Paul Corriveau * | Baie-Comeau - Mingan | 1985 | Brian Mulroney |
| Justice Serge Francoeur | Alma | 2010 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Nicole-M. Gibeau | Beauharanois | 2010 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Jean-Roch Landry * | Bonaventure | 1994 | Jean Chretien |
| Justice Roger Banford * | Chicoutimi | 1992 | Brian Mulroney |
| 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 Martin Bédard * | Gatineau - Pontiac - Labelle | 2000 | Jean Chretien |
| Justice Pierre Dallaire | Gatineau - Pontiac - Labelle | 2008 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Dominique Goulet | Gatineau - Pontiac - Labelle | 2007 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Pierre Isabelle * | Gatineau - Pontiac - Labelle | 1999 | Jean Chretien |
| Justice Suzanne Tessier | Gatineau - Pontiac - Labelle | 2007 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Carole Therrien | Gatineau - Pontiac - Labelle | 2011 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Claude Auclair | Joliette | 2004 | Paul Martin |
| Justice Christiane Alary | Laval | 2005 | Paul Martin |
| Justice Pierre Journet * | Laval | 1995 | Jean Chretien |
| Justice Jean-Jude Chabot * | Longueuil | 1987 | Brian Mulroney |
| 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 Pierre Béliveau * | Montréal | 1994 | |
| Justice Nicole Bénard * | Montréal | 1991 | |
| Justice Donald Bisson | Montréal | 2014 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Marc-André Blanchard | Montréal | 2007 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Sylviane Borenstein * | Montréal | 1994 | |
| 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 Jean-François Buffoni * | Montréal | 2002 | |
| Justice Pepita G. Capriolo * | Montréal | 1999 | |
| Justice Kirkland Casgrain | Montréal | 2003 | |
| Justice Robert Castiglio | Montréal | 2008 | |
| Justice Martin Castonguay | Montréal | 2007 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Claude Champagne * | Montréal | 2000 | |
| Justice France Charbonneau | Montréal | 2004 | |
| Justice Chantal Chatelain | Montréal | 2015 | |
| Justice Carol Cohen | Montréal | 1997 | |
| Justice David R. Collier | 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 Marie-France Courville * | Montréal | 1998 | |
| Justice François Dadour | Montréal | 2017 | Justin Trudeau |
| Justice Claude Dallaire | Montréal | 2009 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Marc David | Montréal | 2005 | |
| Justice Thomas M. Davis | Montréal | 2011 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Wilbrod Claude Décarie * | Montréal | 1994 | |
| Justice Marc De Wever * | Montréal | 2001 | |
| Justice Michel Déziel | Montréal | 2003 | |
| Justice Hélène Di Salvo | Montréal | 2012 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Jean-Guy Dubois * | Montréal | 1997 | |
| Justice Gérard Dugré | Montréal | 2009 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice France Dulude | Montréal | 2012 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice François P. Duprat | Montréal | 2012 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Benoît Emery | Montréal | 2002 | |
| Justice Lucie Fournier | Montréal | 2009 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice William Fraiberg * | Montréal | 1999 | |
| 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 Julien Lanctôt * | Montréal | 1998 | |
| Justice Hélène Langlois | Montréal | 1999 | |
| Justice Luc Lefebvre * | Montréal | 1998 | |
| Justice Louise Lemelin * | Montréal | 1994 | |
| Justice Mario Longpré | Montréal | 2017 | Justin Trudeau |
| Justice Florence Lucas | Montréal | 2015 | |
| Justice Johanne Mainville [1] | Montréal | 2006 | |
| Justice Catherine Mandeville [2] | Montréal | 2009 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Paul Mayer | Montréal | 2008 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Danielle Mayrand * | Montréal | 2001 | |
| Justice Jean-François Michaud | Montréal | 2013 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Michèle Monast | Montréal | 2000 | Jean Cretien |
| Justice Robert Mongeon * | Montréal | 2001 | 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 Richard Nadeau * | Montréal | 1999 | |
| 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 Claudette Picard * | Montréal | 1997 | |
| 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 | Montréal | 2004 | |
| Justice Steve J. Reimnitz | Montréal | 2007 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Brian J. Riordan * | Montréal | 2004 | |
| Justice Karen M. Rogers | Montréal | 2017 | Just Trudeau |
| Justice André Roy * | Montréal | 2003 | |
| Justice Daniel Royer | Montréal | 2017 | Justin Trudeau |
| Justice Stéphane Sansfaçon | 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 André Wery * | Montréal | 1997 | Jean Chretien |
| Justice Michel Yergeau | Montréal | 2012 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Jerry Zigman * | Montréal | 1987 | Brian Mulroney |
| Justice Johanne April | Quebec City | 2010 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Jacques Babin * | Quebec City | 1995 | |
| 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 Danielle Blondin * | Quebec City | 1991 | |
| Justice Claude Bouchard | Quebec City | 2004 | |
| Justice Jacques G. Bouchard | Quebec City | 2012 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Michel Caron * | Quebec City | 2000 | Jean Chretien |
| 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 [3] | 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 Richard Grenier * | Quebec City | 1998 | Jean Chretien |
| Justice Suzanne Hardy-Lemieux * | Quebec City | 1998 | 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 Jean Lemelin * | Quebec City | 1996 | Jean Chretien |
| Justice Marc Lesage * | Quebec City | 1998 | Jean Chretien |
| 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 | Quebec City | 2011 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Alicia Soldevila | Quebec City | 2006 | |
| Justice Georges Taschereau * | Quebec City | 1997 | Jean Chretien |
| Justice Claudette Tessier-Couture * | Quebec City | 2003 | |
| Justice Bernard Tremblay | Quebec City | 2015 | |
| Justice Marie-France Vincent [4] | Quebec City | 2017 | |
| Justice Louis-Paul Cullen [5] | Richelieu - St-Hyacinthe | 2006 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Daniel Beaulieu | Rimouski | 2012 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Gilles Blanchet * | Rimouski | 1995 | |
| Justice Claude-Henri Gendreau * | Rimouski | 1997 | Jean Chretien |
| Justice P.-Marcel Bellavance * | St-François - Bedford - Mégantic | 1991 | |
| Justice Suzanne Mireault * | St-François - Bedford - Mégantic | 1995 | |
| 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 | Sherbrooke | 2011 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Sylvain Provencher | Sherbrooke | 2015 | |
| Justice Line Samoisette | Sherbrooke | 2008 | Stephen Harper |
| Justice Yves Tardif * | Sherbrooke | 2000 | |
| Justice François Tôth | Sherbrooke | 2006 | |
| Justice Étienne Parent [6] | St-Maurice | 2006, 2017 | ___, Justin Trudeau |
| Justice Raymond W. Pronovost * | St-Maurice | 1997 | |
| 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 |
| Justice Robert Legris * | Trois-Rivieres | 1987 |
(*) means supernumerary
