Thibaudeau Rinfret was a Canadian jurist who served as Canada's ninth Chief Justice from 8 January 1944 to 22 June 1954, after having sat as a puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada since 1924. Born on 22 June 1879, he was called to the Bar of Quebec in 1901, taught comparative law and public utilities at McGill University, and was appointed to the Quebec Superior Court in 1922; during his tenure as Chief Justice, Canada ended appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, making the Supreme Court the final court of appeal in Canadian law. He died on 25 July 1962.
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He also served as a puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada from 1924 to 1944.
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On June 21, 1954, Chief Justice Rinfret reached the mandatory retirement age of 75 and stepped down from the Supreme Court. Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent appointed Patrick Kerwin, the senior puisne justice, as the next Chief Justice of Canada on July 1, 1954. He also served as a puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada from 1924 to 1944.
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Thibaudeau Rinfret (June 22, 1879 - July 25, 1962) was a Canadian jurist who served as the ninth Chief Justice of Canada from 1944 to 1954 and briefly as Administrator of Canada from January to February 1952.
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Born on 22 June 1879, he was called to the Bar of Quebec in 1901, taught comparative law and public utilities at McGill University, and was appointed to the Quebec Superior Court in 1922; during his tenure as Chief Justice, Canada ended appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, making the Supreme Court the final court of appeal in Canadian law.
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He also served as a puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada from 1924 to 1944.
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P569 (date of birth): 1879
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P569 (date of birth): 1879-06-22
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P570 (date of death): 1962
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P570 (date of death): 1962-07-25
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P19 (place of birth): Montreal
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