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PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF SENIOR ASSOCIATE CHIEF
JUSTICE OF THE QUEBEC SUPERIOR COURT
October 31, 2001
Ottawa, Ontario
Prime Minister Jean Chrétien announced today the appointment of the
Honourable Robert Pidgeon, of the Quebec Court of Appeal, as Senior Associate
Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Quebec. He replaces the Honourable R.W.
Dionne, who resigned from that position effective November 1 st,
2001.
Senior Associate Chief Justice Pidgeon received a Licentiate in Laws from
Laval University and was called to the Bar of Quebec in 1970. Prior to his
appointment to the Superior Court of Quebec (Rimouski) in 1989, he was in
private practice in the Districts of Gaspé, Bonaventure and Rimouski. In 1997,
he was appointed to the Quebec Court of Appeal.
This appointment is effective November 1 st,
2001.
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