About the Court
This day in the history
of the Supreme Court of Canada
and in the legal history of Canada
June 19
1873
Delos Davis, who will become the first Black lawyer in Canada in 1885, is appointed and constituted a Notary Public in Ontario.
1910
Roland Almon Ritchie, who will be appointed puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Canada in 1959, is born in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
