About the Court
This day in the history
of the Supreme Court of Canada
and in the legal history of Canada
April 27
1843
Robert Cassels, who will become the first registrar of the Supreme Court of Canada, is born.
1884
Ivan Cleveland Rand, who will be appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada as a puisne judge in 1943, is born in Moncton, New Brunswick.
1959
Ivan Cleveland Rand retires as a puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Canada.
