About the Court
This day in the history
of the Supreme Court of Canada
and in the legal history of Canada
April 13
1868
Oswald Smith Crocket, who will be appointed puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Canada in 1932, is born in Chatham, New Brunswick.
1925
Women in Newfoundland gain the right to vote.
1943
Oswald Smith Crocket retires as a puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Canada.
