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PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF TWO
FRANCOPHONES AS CHIEF JUSTICES
March 26, 2003
Ottawa, Ontario
Prime Minister Jean Chrétien today announced that Her Excellency the
Governor General has approved his recommendation that the Honourable Ernest
Drapeau be appointed Chief Justice of the Court of Appeal of New-Brunswick and
that the Honourable Marc M. Monnin be appointed Chief Justice of the Court of
Queen’s Bench of Manitoba.
Chief Justice Drapeau has served since 1998 as judge of the Court of Appeal
of New Brunswick. He graduated in law from the University of New Brunswick and
was admitted to the Bar of New Brunswick in 1974. He first practised law with
the firm of Savoie & Drapeau and then with the firm of Drapeau, Robichaud
& McNally.
Chief Justice Monnin has been a judge of the Court of Queen’s Bench of
Manitoba since 1997. He graduated in law from the University of Manitoba in 1977
and was called to the Bar of Manitoba in 1978. As a lawyer he was a partner at
the firm of Aitkins, MacAulay & Thorvaldson and was also a part-time
lecturer at the University of Manitoba.
These appointments are effective immediately.
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