Lyse Lemieux (born 1936) is the former Chief Justice of the Quebec Superior Court from 1996 until 2004. Lemieux was the first and only woman to ever hold the office of Chief Justice in the Province of

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until the appointment of Marie-Anne Paquette in 2022. Lemieux studied law at the

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and was admitted to the

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in 1962. She held a variety of positions in the provincial government, becoming a specialist in

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. Lemieux was appointed a justice of the Superior Court of Quebec in 1978 and in 1994 was named an Associate Chief Justice. In 1996, she became the first woman to ever hold the office of Chief Justice in the Province of Quebec. She resigned after being charged with

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.Quebec chief justice resigns after drunk driving charge

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, August 19, 2004.

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