Marie Deschamps, CC (born October 2, 1952) is a former

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of the Supreme Court of Canada. She retired from the court on August 7, 2012. In September 2019, Deschamps was appointed as a member of the

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Early life

Deschamps was born in Repentigny, Quebec.

Education

She studied law at the Université de Montréal, graduating in 1974, and completing a Master of Law (LL.M) in 1983 at McGill.

Career

Legal and judicial

She was

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in 1975 and then practised civil, commercial and family law at several Quebec law firms until 1990. In April 1990, Deschamps was appointed to the Quebec Superior Court and in March 1992 to the Quebec Court of Appeal. She was promoted to the Supreme Court of Canada in September 2002, at the age of 49, as the 75th judge appointed to the Supreme Court. Cristin Schmitz, "Deschamps plans to chart her own course". ''

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'', September 9, 2002: A3. She retired from the court on August 7, 2012. On October 2, 2012, Prime Minister Stephen Harper nominated Richard Wagner to the Supreme Court of Canada to replace her. In 2014, the Government of Canada named Justice Deschamps to conduct an external review into sexual assault in the Canadian Forces. The report was published on March 27, 2015.

Academic

Deschamps has taken on several academic posts: :* Associate Professor at the Université de Sherbrooke in 2006 :* Faculty Researcher at the

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in 2012

NSIRA

In September 2019, Deschamps was made a member of the

by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Honours

In 2013, she was invested as a Companion of the Order of Canada "for her numerous contributions as a jurist and for her dedication to youth development".

Personal

At the time of her appointment to the Supreme Court of Canada, Deschamps was noted as also being a marathon runner. Her common law spouse,

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, was a former member of the

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, who had served in the cabinet of Premier Robert Bourassa.

References

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