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William Buell Richards, Canadian lawyer and judge, 1st Chief Justice of Canada (died 1889)

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William Buell Richards

Chief Justice of Canada from 1875 to 1879

Sir William Buell Richards was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and judge, and served as the first Chief Justice of Canada.
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Chief Justice of Canada

Presiding judge of the Supreme Court of Canada

The chief justice of Canada is the presiding judge of the nine-member Supreme Court of Canada, the highest judicial body in Canada. As such, the chief justice is the highest-ranking judge of the Canadian court system. The Supreme Court Act makes the chief justice, a Crown in…
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