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The Hon. Mr. Justice Louis LeBel
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The Hon. Mr. Justice Louis LeBel

Louis Lebel (born November 30, 1939) is a puisne justice on the Supreme Court of Canada. Image File history File links Louis_LeBel. ... Image File history File links Louis_LeBel. ... November 30 is the 334th day (335th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 31 days remaining. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Associate Justice or Puisne (pronounced puny) Justice is the title for a member of a judicial panel who is not the Chief Justice. ... The Supreme Court Building in Ottawa The Supreme Court of Canada (French: Cour suprême du Canada) is highest court of Canada and is the final court of appeal for all litigants in the Canadian justice system. ...


LeBel was born in Quebec City. He went to school at the Collège des Jésuites, graduating with a BA in 1958. He earned his law degree at Université Laval in 1962 and went on to get an LL.M from the University of Toronto in 1966. Motto: « Don de Dieu feray valoir Â» (I shall put Gods gift to good use) Site in the province of Quebec Official logo Provincial region Province Country Capitale-Nationale Quebec Canada Gentilé Québécois, Québécoise Mayor Term Andrée P. Boucher 2005-2009 Federal Members of Parliament... A Bachelor of Arts (B.A. or A.B., from the Latin Artium Baccalaureus) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or program in the arts and/or sciences. ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Université Laval (Laval University) is the oldest centre of scholarship in Canada, and it was the first institution in North America to offer higher education in French. ... The Master of Laws is an advanced law degree that allows someone to specialize in a particular area of law. ... The University of Toronto (U of T), in Toronto, Ontario, is the largest university in Canada. ...


He was called to the bar in 1962 and practiced in Quebec City in several firms until 1984. During this period he taught at University of Ottawa and Université Laval. 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Tabaret Hall The University of Ottawa (also casually known as U of O, or Ottawa U) is a research-intensive, non-denominational, international university. ...


He was appointed to the Quebec Court of Appeal in June of 1984. He stayed on the Court until he was appointed by Jean Chretien to the Supreme Court in 2000. The Court of Appeal of Quebec (in French: la Cour dappel du Québec) is the highest judicial court in Quebec, Canada. ... The Right Honourable Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien, PC (born January 11, 1934, Shawinigan, Quebec) was the twentieth Prime Minister of Canada, serving from November 4, 1993, to December 12, 2003. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...


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Preceded by:
Beverly McLachlin		 Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
January 7, 2000 – present		 Succeeded by:
Incumbent



Categories: Stub | Chief Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada ... The following judges have served as Puisne Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada. ... January 7 is the seventh day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...

The McLachlin court (2000–present)
2000–2002: C. L'Heureux-Dubé | C. Gonthier | F. Iacobucci | J.C. Major | M. Bastarache | W.I. Binnie | L. Arbour | L. LeBel
2002–2003: C. Gonthier | F. Iacobucci | J.C. Major | M. Bastarache | W.I. Binnie | L. Arbour | L. LeBel | M. Deschamps
2003–2004: F. Iacobucci | J.C. Major | M. Bastarache | W.I. Binnie | L. Arbour | L. LeBel | M. Deschamps | M.J. Fish
2004–2005: J.C. Major | M. Bastarache | W.I. Binnie | L. LeBel | M. Deschamps | M.J. Fish | R. Abella | L. Charron
2005–2006: M. Bastarache | W.I. Binnie | L. LeBel | M. Deschamps | M.J. Fish | R. Abella | L. Charron
2006–present: M. Bastarache | W.I. Binnie | L. LeBel | M. Deschamps | M.J. Fish | R. Abella | L. Charron | M. Rothstein

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Judge LeBel, named last week to fill a Quebec vacancy on the court, said yesterday that one of his objectives is to help bridge a communications gap that is leaving Canadians puzzled about the meaning of decisions on some of the most pressing issues of the day.
Judge LeBel, in an interview yesterday from his Quebec City home in which he touched on everything from judicial activism to the problems facing the court in the new millennium, asserted that judges cannot operate in a vacuum and must take into account how their rulings affect society.
Judge LeBel, a former labour lawyer and member of the federal and Quebec Liberal parties, refused to be pigeonholed on either end of the Supreme Court bench, saying he hopes his decisions are based on common sense rather than his personal beliefs.
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