About the Court
This day in the history
of the Supreme Court of Canada
and in the legal history of Canada
April 8
1875
Bill creating the Supreme Court of Canada is passed in parliament [due largely to the efforts of Sir John A. MacDonald, Alexander Mackenzie, and Edward Blake]. The Minister of Justice, Télesphore Fournier, is appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada as a puisne judge on September 30 that same year.
