Thibaudeau Rinfret

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Personal details
Born(1879-06-22)June 22, 1879
Montreal, Quebec
DiedJuly 25, 1962(1962-07-25) (aged 83)
NationalityCanadian
RelationsFernand Rinfret, brother
Charles Rinfret, brother
Alma materUniversité Laval à Montréal, Faculté de droit and McGill University
OccupationLawyer, jurist

Thibaudeau Rinfret

Administrator of Canada
in 1952.

Early life

Rinfret was born in Montreal in 1879, the son of François-Olivier Rinfret and Albina Pominville.[1] He was the brother of Fernand Rinfret, Liberal politician who became Mayor of Montreal, and brother of Charles Rinfret, a prominent Montreal businessman.[2]

Professional career

Rinfret studied law at the

Quebec Superior Court in 1922 and to the Supreme Court of Canada in 1924.[1]

Rinfret became Chief Justice on January 8, 1944, and served until his retirement on June 22, 1954.[1] During his term as Chief Justice, Canada ended appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council making the Supreme Court of Canada the final court of appeal in Canadian jurisprudence.[3]

Rinfret was

King George VI
.

Personal life

His son was the Quebec politician and judge Édouard Rinfret.[citation needed]

Electoral record

1908 Canadian federal election: Terrebonne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Wilfrid Bruno Nantel 2,592 50.8 +2.7
Liberal Thibaudeau Rinfret 2,513 49.2 -2.7
Total valid votes 5,105 100.0

References

  1. ^ .
  2. ^ "Rinfret, Fernand", by Benoit Langval, Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Vol. XVI (1931–1940).
  3. ^ Supreme Court Amendment Act, S.C. 1949 (2nd. session), c. 37, s. 3.

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Political offices
Preceded by
Administrator of Canada

1952
Succeeded by