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Beverley McLachlin, Canadian lawyer and jurist, 17th Chief Justice of Canada
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Beverley McLachlin
Chief Justice of Canada from 2000 to 2017
Beverley Marian McLachlin is a Canadian jurist and author who served as the 17th chief justice of Canada from 2000 to 2017. She is the longest-serving chief justice in Canadian history and the first woman to hold the position.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)