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Trudeau confirms appointment of Alberta judge Mary Moreau to Supreme Court of Canada

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Supreme Court of Canada nominee Mary Moreau appears before the House of Commons and Senate committees in Ottawa, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has confirmed the appointment of Moreau to the Supreme Court of Canada after nominating her for the post last month. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed the appointment of Mary Moreau to the Supreme Court of Canada after nominating her for the post last month.

Moreau, who was chief justice of the Court of King's Bench of Alberta, fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Russell Brown. 

Before her appointment to the Alberta court 29 years ago, the bilingual Moreau practised law in her native Edmonton, handling civil, criminal and constitutional cases.

Moreau was also named a deputy judge of the Supreme Court of Yukon in 1996, and of the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories in 2005. 

She has long been involved in the legal profession at home and overseas through participation in educational efforts, judicial ethics initiatives and court modernization. 

A majority of the judges on the nine-member Supreme Court of Canada are women for the first time in its 148-year history.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 6, 2023.

The Canadian Press

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