Bertha Wilson
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Gender | Female |
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Death | 17 years ago |
Date of birth | September 18,1923 |
Zodiac sign | Virgo |
Born | Kirkcaldy |
United Kingdom | |
Date of died | April 28,2007 |
Died | Ottawa |
Canada | |
Books | Will Women Judges Really Make a Difference |
Appointed by | Pierre Trudeau |
Job | Judge |
Education | Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University |
University of Aberdeen | |
Dalhousie University | |
Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada |
Gruber Prize for Justice | |
Spous | John Wilson |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1381375 |
Bertha Wilson Life story
Bertha Wernham Wilson CC FRSC was a Canadian jurist and the first female puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. Before her ascension to Canada's highest court, she was the first female associate and partner at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt and the first woman appointed to the Court of Appeal for Ontario.