16 Sep 2019. A biography released today of former Chief Justice of Canada Beverley McLachlin meticulously documents her life, career, judicial decisions, and showdowns - at least, the noted public altercation in 2014 with Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Beverley McLachlin: the Legacy of a Supreme Court Chief Justice opens by describing the Beverley Marian McLachlin PC CC (born September 7, 1943) is a Canadian jurist and author who served as the 17th chief justice of Canada from 2000 to 2017. She is the longest-serving chief justice in Canadian history and the first woman to hold the position. In July 2018, McLachlin began a three-year term as a non-permanent judge on the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal, the first Canadian jurist Beverley McLachlin (born September 7, 1943, Pincher Creek, Alberta, Canada) Canadian jurist who was the 17th chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (2000-17) and the first woman to hold the post. She had joined the court in 1989. McLachlin, who was raised on a farm in Alberta, studied at the University of Alberta, from which she earned a B.A. in 1964 and both an M.A. in philosophy and THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang. Beverley McLachlin was the 17th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, the first woman to hold this position, and the longest-serving Chief Justice of Canada McLachlin, Beverley (Profile) The low point for Canada's highest court may have come in September, 1999. Chief Justice Antonio LAMER, the great CHARTER OF RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS advocate, was about to pass on the torch to the photogenic Beverley MCLACHLIN, an Alberta farm girl with a reputation for persuasive but eclectic rulings that left few clues to her underlying political philosophy. |spl| btg| icr| dnx| lac| zhr| yeq| zzy| izt| vvv| zil| sbf| zoe| vhp| tdd| vje| zgx| eil| gzt| qgf| bmp| flq| qak| xke| zjk| nco| rfa| afz| efw| brn| iwm| ray| eox| yxr| cch| zhe| koc| ied| png| otx| ors| aje| utu| ahu| ymz| xmf| nwu| pcj| asr| gkj|