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Canadian Judicial Council
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The Canadian Judicial Council (CJC), or Conseil canadien de la magistrature in French, is a Canadian federal government body based in Ottawa, Ontario.

Organization

As of February 2025, there are 44 members on the CJC.[1]

Name Position Notes
Richard Wagner Chairman Supreme Court of Canada (SCC)
Tracey L. Clements Member Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island
Susan Cooper Member Nunavut Court of Justice
Paul Crampton Member Federal Court of Canada
Kent Davidson Member Court of King's Bench of Alberta
Yves de Montigny Member Federal Court of Appeal
Tracey DeWare Member Court of King's Bench of New Brunswick
Patrick J. Duncan Member Supreme Court of Nova Scotia
Suzanne Duncan Member Supreme Court of Yukon
J. Michal Fairburn Member Court of Appeal for Ontario
Deborah Fry Member Court of Appeal of Newfoundland and Labrador
Mary J. L. Gleason Member Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada
James W. Gormley Member Prince Edward Island Court of Appeal
Gwen B. Hatch Member Court of King's Bench of Manitoba
Heather Holmes Member Supreme Court of British Columbia
R. Lester Jesudason Member Supreme Court of Nova Scotia
Glenn Joyal Member Court of King's Bench of Manitoba
Ritu Khullar Member Court of Appeal of Alberta
Catherine La Rosa Member Superior Court of Quebec
Larry Landry Member Court of King's Bench of New Brunswick
Robert Leurer Member Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan
Leonard Marchand Member British Columbia Court of Appeal
Rosalie McGrath Member Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador
Faye McWatt Member Ontario Superior Court of Justice
Jean-François Michaud Member Superior Court of Quebec
Geoffrey Morawetz Member Ontario Superior Court of Justice
Kenneth G. Nielsen Member Court of King's Bench of Alberta
D. Blair Nixon Member Court of King's Bench of Alberta
Marie-Anne Paquette Member Superior Court of Quebec
Anick Pelletier Member Tax Court of Canada
Shane I. Perlmutter Member Court of King's Bench of Manitoba
Martel D. Popescul Member Court of King's Bench for Saskatchewan
J.C. Marc Richard Member Court of Appeal of New Brunswick
Marianne Rivoalen Member Manitoba Court of Appeal
Manon Savard Member Court of Appeal of Quebec
Ronald Skolrood Member Supreme Court of British Columbia
Shannon Smallwood Member Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories
Deborah K. Smith Member Supreme Court of Nova Scotia
Gabrielle St-Hilaire Member Tax Court of Canada
Martine St-Louis Member Federal Court of Canada
Michael D. Tochor Member Court of King's Bench for Saskatchewan
Michael Tulloch Member Court of Appeal for Ontario
Raymond P. Whalen Member Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador
Michael J. Wood Member Nova Scotia Court of Appeal
Beverley McLachlin Chairwoman (former)[2] Supreme Court of Canada, Cross-Jurisdictional Technical Advisory Group
J. Michael MacDonald Member (former)[3] Stewart McKelvey, Action Committee on Court Operations in Response to COVID-19, Nova Scotia Court of Appeal
Mary Moreau Member (2017-2023)[4] Court of King's Bench of Alberta
Marie-Claude Landry Inquiry Committee member (2011-2013)[5] Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC)

  1. About the Council. Canadian Judicial Council. Retrieved February 14, 2025, from https://cjc-ccm.ca/en/about/who-we-are ↩︎

  2. The Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin, P.C., C.C. (2025, February 14). Supreme Court of Canada. https://www.scc-csc.ca/about-apropos/judges-juges/list-liste/beverley-mclachlin/ ↩︎

  3. MacDonald, The Honourable J. Michael. Stewart McKelvey. Retrieved February 16, 2025, from https://stewartmckelvey.com/people/macdonald-the-honourable-j-michael/ ↩︎

  4. The Honourable Mary T. Moreau. (2025, February 14). Supreme Court of Canada. https://www.scc-csc.ca/about-apropos/judges-juges/list-liste/mary-t-moreau/ ↩︎

  5. Experience | Marie-Claude Landry Ad.E ✨(She/Her/Elle). LinkedIn. Retrieved February 22, 2024, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/marie-claude-landry-ad-e-5b133917/details/experience/ ↩︎