Ivan Rand
Seraphine R. Léger, and J. André Doucet | |
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Preceded by | James P. Byrne |
Succeeded by | John B. London |
Constituency | Gloucester |
15th President of the New Brunswick Branch of the Canadian Bar Association | |
In office 1935–1937 | |
Preceded by | Sir Douglas Hazen |
Succeeded by | H. A. Porter |
Personal details | |
Born | Ivan Cleveland Rand April 27, 1884 Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada |
Died | January 2, 1969 London, Ontario, Canada | (aged 84)
Spouse | Iredell I. Baxter |
Residence(s) | 62 Botsford Street, Moncton[1] |
Alma mater | |
Profession | Lawyer |
Ivan Cleveland Rand CC (April 27, 1884 – January 2, 1969) was a Canadian lawyer, politician, academic, and justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. He has been described as "probably the greatest judge in Canada's history".[2]
Early life and career
Born in
In 1924, he was named
Judicial career
On April 22, 1943, he was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada on the recommendation of William Lyon Mackenzie King.
During his tenure, Rand delivered many leading judgments. He is perhaps best remembered for his judgment in Roncarelli v Duplessis, which has been described as "iconic".[citation needed][why?]
In 1946, he developed the Rand formula requiring payment of trade union dues by all employees in the bargaining unit affected by a collective agreement, whether or not the employees are members of the union. This compromise was instrumental to the cessation of violence and promotion of industrial stability, as it required the unions to "work now, grieve later," and in exchange, the employers had to remit union dues by automatic check-off of the dues formula.
Post-Supreme Court career
Rand retired from the Canadian Supreme Court on April 27, 1959, upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75.
From 1959 to 1964, he was the first Dean of the
In 1968, he was made a
Palestine
Rand was Canada's appointee to the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine following World War II. As such, Rand visited Mandatory Palestine in 1947 and became a supporter of partition supporting UNSCOP's majority report which led to the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine. The plan was accepted by Jewish leaders but rejected by the Palestinian Arabs. He became a supporter of the state of Israel once it was created in 1948 and visited in 1959 to dedicate a forest in Jerusalem named in his honour.[4] Rand's meeting with William Lovell Hull, a fellow Canadian, changed Rand's understanding of Zionism. Rand became the central and most influential swing vote on UNSCOP in favour of the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine and the eventual creation of the State of Israel.[5]
Assessment
He has been described as "probably the greatest judge in Canada's history"[2] and "perhaps the greatest exponent of the rule of law in the history of the Supreme Court of Canada".[6]
Biographer
Further reading
- ISBN 978-1-4426-4070-2.
See also
References
- ^ Rand House Canada's Historic Places
- ^ .
- ^ "Newsletter". University of Western Ontario. Archived from the original on 2007-08-15.
The first Dean of Law at Western was Ivan Cleveland Rand
- ^ a b "Justice Rand played key role in Israel's statehood", Canadian Jewish News, November 26, 2009
- ISBN 978-1032059631.
- S2CID 155575018.
- ^ First-Rate Mind, Third-Rate Temperament. Amicus Curiae. http://www.law.uwo.ca/News/January_10/AmicusNov09final.pdf[permanent dead link]