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Claire L'heureux-dubClaire L'Heureux-Dub (born September 7, 1927) served as a justice on the Supreme Court of Canada from 1987 to 2002. She was the first woman from Quebec appointed to this position. She was known for looking out for disadvantaged members of society and for not being afraid to take unpopular positions. She was born Claire L'Heureux in Quebec City in 1927. In 1951, she graduated from the law faculty of Laval University and entered private practice in Quebec. She was appointed as a judge to the Quebec Superior Court in 1973 and to the Quebec Court of Appeal in 1979. She married Arthur Dub in 1957 and gave birth to a son and a daughter; her husband died in 1978. Her son died in 1994. She was appointed to the Order of Canada in 2003. L'Heureux-Dub, Claire L'Heureux-Dub, Claire L'Heureux-Dub, Claire
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