Gerald Le Dain

Gerald Eric Le Dain

Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
In office May 29, 1984 – November 30, 1988
Nominated by	Pierre Trudeau
Preceded by	Brian Dickson
Succeeded by	Peter Cory
Personal details
Born	(1924-11-27)November 27, 1924 Montreal, Quebec
Died	December 18, 2007(2007-12-18) (aged 83) Toronto, Ontario
Spouse(s)	Cynthia Le Dain
Children	6
Military service
Allegiance	Canadian Army
Service/branch	Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery

Gerald Eric Le Dain, CC (November 27, 1924 – December 18, 2007) was a Canadian lawyer and judge, who sat on the Supreme Court of Canada from 1984 to 1988.

Born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of Eric George Bryant Le Dain and Antoinette Louise Whithard, he served during World War II as an artilleryman with the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery.^[1] He received a B.C.L from McGill University and was called to the Quebec Bar in 1949. Gerald Le Dain practised law with Walker, Martineau, Chauvin, Walker & Allison from 1950 to 1953. He received a doctorate from the University of Lyon in 1950. He taught law at McGill University from 1953 to 1959 and again from 1966 to 1967. He also worked in the Legal Department for the Canadian International Paper Co. (1959-1961). He became Partner of Riel, Le Dain, Bissonnette Vermette & Ryan from 1961 to 1966, now known as Dunton Rainville.

He was dean of Osgoode Hall Law School from 1967 to 1972. From 1969 to 1973, he was the chairman of the Commission of Inquiry into the Non-Medical Use of Drugs (also known as the Le Dain Commission), which recommended that cannabis be removed from the narcotic control act and be regulated provincially. In 1975, he was appointed to the Federal Court of Appeal and the Court Martial Appeal Court.

In 1976, he received an honorary doctorate from Concordia University.^[2] In 1989, he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.

His memorial service was held on December 28, 2007 at Christ Church Cathedral in Ottawa.

References

↑ Concordia University Honorary Degree Citation - Gerald Le Dain, June 1976.
↑ "Honorary Degree Citation - Gerald LeDain* | Concordia University Archives". archives.concordia.ca. Retrieved 2016-04-07.

External links

Official Biography from the Supreme Court of Canada
Former Supreme Court justice Le Dain dies at 83 - Obituary from Canadian Press
From Library and Archives Canada description

The Dickson court (1984–90)

1984–85:	R. Ritchie J. Beetz W.Z. Estey W.R. McIntyre J. Chouinard A. Lamer B. Wilson G. Le Dain

1985–87:	J. Beetz W.Z. Estey W.R. McIntyre J. Chouinard A. Lamer B. Wilson G. Le Dain G. La Forest

1987–May 1988:	J. Beetz W.Z. Estey W.R. McIntyre A. Lamer B. Wilson G. Le Dain G. La Forest C. L'Heureux-Dubé

May 1988–Nov. 1988:	J. Beetz W.R. McIntyre A. Lamer B. Wilson G. Le Dain G. La Forest C. L'Heureux-Dubé J. Sopinka

Nov. 1988–1989:	W.R. McIntyre A. Lamer B. Wilson G. La Forest C. L'Heureux-Dubé J. Sopinka C. Gonthier P. Cory

1989–90:	A. Lamer B. Wilson G. La Forest C. L'Heureux-Dubé J. Sopinka C. Gonthier P. Cory B. McLachlin

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