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Charles GonthierThe Honourable Mr. Justice 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. Early life Gonthier was born in Montral, Quebec to Georges Gonthier and Kathleen Doherty. Education He was educated at cole Garneau, Ottawa then at Collge Stanislas, Montral (baccalaurat Paris), eventually earning his B.C.L. at McGill University in 1951 (first class honours). Hon. LL.D., McGill University, 1990. D.H.C., Universit de Montral, 2002. Married in 1961 to Mariette Morin, M.D., M.Sc., F.R.C.S.(C), F.A.C.O.G. Legal Career Called to the Bar of Quebec, 1952. He practised law in Montral with Hackett, Mulvena & Laverty, 1952-57 and then with Hugessen, Macklaier, Chisholm, Smith & Davis, later known as Laing, Weldon, Courtois, Clarkson, Parsons, Gonthier & Ttrault, 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. Awards and Accomplishments - Appointed Q.C., 1971.
- Member of the Board of the Montral Legal Aid Bureau, 1959-69.
- President of Junior Bar of Montral, 1960-61.
- President of Junior Bar Section of the Canadian Bar Association, 1961-62.
- Member of the Board of Montral 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 Montral, 1983.
- President of l'Association des anciens du Collge Stanislas, 1954-55.
- Secretary of the Montral Branch of the Canadian Institute of International Affairs, 1957-58.
- Chairman of the Board of Collge Stanislas, 1984-90.
- Honorary Secretary of the Montral 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 acadmiques - 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.
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