Quebec Superior Court is the highest trial Court in the Province of Quebec, Canada. It consists of 144 judges who are appointed by the federal government.
Chief Justices (term):
- 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
- Sir François-Xavier Lemieux
- 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 (since 2004)
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