About the Court
This day in the history
of the Supreme Court of Canada
and in the legal history of Canada
August 5
1823
Télesphore Fournier, who will be appointed puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Canada in 1875, is born in Saint-François-de-la-Riviere-du-Sud, Lower Canada.
2003
The Honourable Morris J. Fish is appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada as a puisne judge.
