Beverley Marian McLachlin (born 7 September 1943 in Pincher Creek, Alberta) is a Canadian jurist and author who served as the 17th Chief Justice of Canada from 7 January 2000 to 15 December 2017. She is the longest-serving Chief Justice in Canadian history and the first woman to hold the position, and her tenure is noted for her judicial contributions to interpretation of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and to rights protection.
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Role17th Chief Justice of Canada 2 Nationality / Jurisdiction BirthplacePincher Creek, Alberta, Canada 2 Classification
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Mahmud Jamal, now a puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, has argued that McLachlin's jurisprudence on the law of federalism is consistent with her "self-described judicial philosophy", namely that judges are to be "scrupulously non-partisan and impartial".
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McLachlin was born Beverley Gietz in Pincher Creek, Alberta
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served as the 17th chief justice of Canada from 2000 to 2017
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is a Canadian jurist and author
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September 7, 1943
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McLachlin was born Beverley Gietz in Pincher Creek, Alberta, the eldest child
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Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
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The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC; French: Cour suprême du Canada, CSC) is the highest court in the judicial system of Canada. It comprises nine justices, whose decisions are the ultimate application of Canadian law, and grants permission to between 40 and 75 litigants each year to appeal decisions rendered by provincial, territorial and federal appellate courts. The Supreme Court is bijural, hearing cases from two major legal traditions (common law and civil law) and bilingual, hearing cases in both official languages of Canada (English and French).
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