Michael H. Tulloch (born 1961/1962) is a Canadian judge. On December 19, 2022, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the appointment of Tulloch as the new Chief Justice of Ontario. He is the first Black judge appointed to the

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and the first Black Chief Justice of any province. He attended

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, Ontario,

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in Toronto, and

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. After graduating from law school in 1989, he became an assistant

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in 1991, and later worked as a private defence lawyer. In 2003, he was appointed as a judge to the

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. He was appointed to the Court of Appeal effective June 30, 2012. In 2013, Tulloch was one of the recipients of the

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presented, by Canadian Immigrant Magazine. Tulloch is a former president of the Canadian Association of Black Lawyers. He was born in Jamaica and came to Canada when he was 9 years old.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tulloch, Michael 1960s births Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Jamaican emigrants to Canada Justices of the Court of Appeal for Ontario Osgoode Hall Law School alumni People from Brampton York University alumni