Charles Gonthier

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Charles Doherty Gonthier
Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
In office February 1, 1989 – August 1, 2003
Preceded by	Jean Beetz/Gerald Le Dain
Succeeded by	Morris Fish
Born	August 1, 1928 Montréal, Quebec

Charles Doherty Gonthier (August 1, 1928), B.A., B.C.L. was a Puisne judge on the Supreme Court of Canada from February 1, 1989 to August 1, 2003. He was replaced by Morris Fish.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Education 3 Legal career 4 Activities After the Court 5 Awards and Accomplishments 6 Source 7 See also

[edit] Early life

Gonthier was born in Montréal, Quebec to Georges Gonthier and Kathleen Doherty.

[edit] Education

He was educated at École Garneau, Ottawa then at Collège Stanislas in Montreal, a Roman Catholic private school and the most elite institution of its kind in Quebec where he obtained a French Baccalaureate. He eventually earned his B.C.L. at McGill University in 1951 (first class honours). Hon. LL.D., McGill University, 1990. D.H.C., Université de Montréal, 2002. Married in 1961 to Mariette Morin, M.D., M.Sc., F.R.C.S.(C), F.A.C.O.G.

[edit] Legal career

Called to the Bar of Quebec, 1952. He practised law in Montréal with Hackett, Mulvena & Laverty, 1952-57 and then with Hugessen, Macklaier, Chisholm, Smith & Davis, later known as Laing, Weldon, Courtois, Clarkson, Parsons, Gonthier & Tétrault, 1957-74.

He was appointed to the Quebec Superior Court on October 17, 1974. Later he was appointed to the Quebec Court of Appeal on May 24, 1988 and finally to the Supreme Court of Canada on February 1, 1989. Gonthier retired on August 1, 2003.

[edit] Activities After the Court

In recent years, Mr. Gonthier has had a special interest in Environmental and Sustainable Development Law and participated in a number of international conferences. He has also been the recipient of several honorary degrees and titles.

Mr. Gonthier is counsel at McCarthy Tétrault in Montréal. He is also Chair of the Board of Governors of the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law at the Law Faculty of McGill University, where he is a Wainwright Senior Fellow.

Effective August 1, 2006, Gonthier was appointed Commissioner of the Communications Security Establishment (CSE), Canada's national cryptologic agency.

[edit] Awards and Accomplishments

• Appointed Q.C., 1971.
• Member of the Board of the Montréal Legal Aid Bureau, 1959-69.
• President of Junior Bar of Montréal, 1960-61.
• President of Junior Bar Section of the Canadian Bar Association, 1961-62.
• Member of the Board of Montréal Bar, 1961-62. Secretary of the Quebec Division of the Canadian Bar Association, 1963-64.
• Member of the Committee on Building Contracts of the Quebec Civil Code Revision Office, 1969-72.
• Member of the Committee on Discipline of the Bar of Quebec, 1973-74.
• President of the Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice, 1986-87.
• President of the Canadian Judges Conference, 1988-89.
• Chairman of the Commission for National Judges of the First World Conference on the Independence of Justice in Montréal, 1983.
• President of l'Association des anciens du Collège Stanislas, 1954-55.
• Secretary of the Montréal Branch of the Canadian Institute of International Affairs, 1957-58.
• Chairman of the Board of Collège Stanislas, 1984-90.
• Honorary Secretary of the Montréal Museum of Fine Arts, 1961-76.
• Member of the Board of Directors of the McCord Museum of Canadian History, 1976-89.
• Knight of l'Ordre des palmes académiques - France, 1988.
• Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers (hon.), 1996.
• Fellow, Canadian Bar Association, 2003.
• Lifetime member, Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice. Bar of Montreal Medal, 2003.

[edit] Source

• Office Supreme Court bio

[edit] See also

• Opinions of the Supreme Court of Canada by Justice Gonthier

Legal Offices
Preceded by Jean Beetz/Gerald Le Dain	Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada February 1, 1989 – August 1, 2003	Succeeded by Morris Fish

The Dickson court (1984–1990)

1984–1985: R. Ritchie | J. Beetz | W.Z. Estey | W.R. McIntyre | J. Chouinard | A. Lamer | B. Wilson | G. Le Dain

1985–1987: J. Beetz | W.Z. Estey | W.R. McIntyre | J. Chouinard | A. Lamer | B. Wilson | G. Le Dain | G. La Forest

1987–May 1988: J. Beetz | W.Z. Estey | W.R. McIntyre | A. Lamer | B. Wilson | G. Le Dain | G. La Forest | C. L'Heureux-Dubé

May 1988–Nov. 1988: J. Beetz | W.R. McIntyre | A. Lamer | B. Wilson | G. Le Dain | G. La Forest | C. L'Heureux-Dubé | J. Sopinka

Nov. 1988-1989 W.R. McIntyre | A. Lamer | B. Wilson | G. La Forest | C. L'Heureux-Dubé | J. Sopinka | C. Gonthier | P. Cory

March 1989-1990 A. Lamer | B. Wilson | G. La Forest | C. L'Heureux-Dubé | J. Sopinka | C. Gonthier | P. Cory | B. McLachlin

The Lamer court (1990–2000)

1990–1991: B. Wilson | G. La Forest | C. L'Heureux-Dubé | J. Sopinka | C. Gonthier | P. Cory | B. McLachlin | W. Stevenson

1991–1992: G. La Forest | C. L'Heureux-Dubé | J. Sopinka | C. Gonthier | P. Cory | B. McLachlin | W. Stevenson | F. Iacobucci

1992–1997: G. La Forest | C. L'Heureux-Dubé | J. Sopinka | C. Gonthier | P. Cory | B. McLachlin | F. Iacobucci | J.C. Major

1997–1998: C. L'Heureux-Dubé | J. Sopinka | C. Gonthier | P. Cory | B. McLachlin | F. Iacobucci | J.C. Major | M. Bastarache

1998–1999: C. L'Heureux-Dubé | C. Gonthier | P. Cory | B. McLachlin | F. Iacobucci | J.C. Major | M. Bastarache | W.I. Binnie

1999–2000: C. L'Heureux-Dubé | C. Gonthier | B. McLachlin | F. Iacobucci | J.C. Major | M. Bastarache | W.I. Binnie | L. Arbour

The McLachlin court (2000–present)

2000–2002: C. L'Heureux-Dubé | C. Gonthier | F. Iacobucci | J.C. Major | M. Bastarache | W.I. Binnie | L. Arbour | L. LeBel

2002–2003: C. Gonthier | F. Iacobucci | J.C. Major | M. Bastarache | W.I. Binnie | L. Arbour | L. LeBel | M. Deschamps

2003–2004: F. Iacobucci | J.C. Major | M. Bastarache | W.I. Binnie | L. Arbour | L. LeBel | M. Deschamps | M.J. Fish

2004–2005: J.C. Major | M. Bastarache | W.I. Binnie | L. LeBel | M. Deschamps | M.J. Fish | R. Abella | L. Charron

2005–2006: M. Bastarache | W.I. Binnie | L. LeBel | M. Deschamps | M.J. Fish | R. Abella | L. Charron

2006–present: M. Bastarache | W.I. Binnie | L. LeBel | M. Deschamps | M.J. Fish | R. Abella | L. Charron | M. Rothstein