About the Court
This day in the history
of the Supreme Court of Canada
and in the legal history of Canada
September 18
1849
Albert Clements Killam, who will be appointed puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Canada in 1903, is born in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.
1893
The Marquess of Aberdeen is sworn in as Canada's seventh Governor General.
1923
Bertha Wilson, who will be the first woman appointed puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Canada in 1982, is born in Kirkcaldy, Scotland.
