Lester B. Pearson - Supreme Court Appointments

Supreme Court Appointments

Pearson chose the following jurists to be appointed as justices of the Supreme Court of Canada by the Governor General:

  • Robert Taschereau (as Chief Justice, 22 April 1963 – 1 September 1967; appointed a Puisne Justice under Prime Minister King, 9 February 1940)
  • Wishart Flett Spence (30 May 1963 – 29 December 1978)
  • John Robert Cartwright (as Chief Justice, 1 September 1967 – 23 March 1970; appointed a Puisne Justice under Prime Minister St. Laurent, 22 December 1949)
  • Louis-Philippe Pigeon (21 September 1967 – 8 February 1980)

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