Brian Dickson
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The Right Honourable Brian Dickson PC, CC, CD |
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| 15th Chief Justice of Canada | |
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In office April 18, 1984 – June 30, 1990 |
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| Nominated by | Pierre Trudeau |
| Preceded by | Bora Laskin |
| Succeeded by | Antonio Lamer |
| Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada | |
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In office March 26, 1973 – April 18, 1984 |
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| Nominated by | Pierre Trudeau |
| Preceded by | Emmett Hall |
| Succeeded by | Gerald Le Dain |
| Justice of the Manitoba Court of Appeal | |
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In office 1967–1973 |
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| Nominated by | Lester B. Pearson |
| Justice of the Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench | |
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In office 1963–1967 |
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| Personal details | |
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Robert George Brian Dickson May 25, 1916 Yorkton, Saskatchewan |
| Died | October 17, 1998 (aged 82) Ottawa, Ontario |
| Spouse(s) | Barbara Dickson, née Sellers |
| Alma mater | University of Manitoba Faculty of Law |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Anglican |
| Awards | Mentioned in Dispatches |
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| Allegiance | Canadian Army |
| Service/branch | Royal Canadian Artillery |
| Years of service | 1939-1945 |
| Rank | captain; honorary colonel, 30th Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery |
| Battles/wars |
Battle of Normandy Falaise Gap |
Robert George Brian Dickson, PC CC CD (May 25, 1916 – October 17, 1998), commonly known as Brian Dickson, was a Canadian lawyer, military officer, and judge. He was appointed a puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada on March 26, 1973, and subsequently appointed the 15th Chief Justice of Canada on April 18, 1984. He retired on June 30, 1990.
Dickson's tenure as Chief Justice coincided with the first wave of cases under the new Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms which reached the Supreme Court from 1984 onwards. Dickson wrote several very influential judgments dealing with the Charter, and laid the groundwork for the approach that the courts would take to the Charter.
Dickson was born to Thomas Dickson and Sarah Elizabeth Gibson, in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, in 1916, although the family lived at that time in Wynyard. His adolescence and young adulthood occurred during the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl years, which hit the Canadian prairies particularly hard.
Dickson's father was a bank manager, and the family was eventually transferred to Regina, the capital of Saskatchewan. Dickson attended high school at the Central Collegiate, where two of his classmates were William Lederman and Alexander "Sandy" MacPherson. All three would go into law, with Lederman becoming one of Canada's leading constitutional scholars, and MacPherson becoming a justice of the Saskatchewan Court of Queen's Bench. In later years, Dickson would reminisce that "Bill was always first in our class, and Sandy and I were fighting for second and third."
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