About the Court
This day in the history
of the Supreme Court of Canada
and in the legal history of Canada
November 12
1865
John Henderson Lamont, who will be appointed puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Canada in 1927, is born in Horning's Mills, Canada West.
1893
Roy Lindsay Kellock, who will be appointed puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Canada in 1944, is born in Perth, Ontario.
1898
The Earl of Minto is sworn in as Canada's eighth Governor General.
1995
Emmett Matthew Hall, former puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Canada, dies at the age of 96.
