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Quebec judicial appointment


September 18, 1996
Ottawa, Ontario

Prime Minister Jean Chrétien today announced that the Honourable André Deslongchamps of Montreal is appointed Associate Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Quebec. He replaces Associate Chief Justice Lyse Lemieux who was appointed Chief Justice of the Quebec Superior Court.

Associate Chief Justice Deslongchamps has been a judge of the Superior Court of Quebec since 1979. He had been a judge of the Provincial Court of Quebec (Expropriation Tribunal) since 1974, and was Assistant Vice-Chairman of that Tribunal from 1975 to 1979. Prior to his appointment to the Bench, Associate Chief Justice Deslongchamps practised law in Montreal.

This appointment is effective immediately.

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