Since its creation, 20 Chief Justices have led the Court of Appeal:
| Name |
Period |
Sir James Stuart |
1849 to 1853 |
Sir Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine |
1853 to 1864 |
Honourable Jean-François Duval |
1864 to 1874 |
Sir Antoine-Aimé Dorion |
1874 to 1891 |
Sir Alexandre Lacoste |
September 14, 1891
to January 24, 1907 |
Sir Henri-Thomas Taschereau |
January 29, 1907
to November 11, 1909 |
Sir Louis-Amable Jetté |
November 16, 1909 to August 10, 1911 |
Sir Horace Archambault |
August 10, 1911 to August 25, 1918 |
Honourable Gustave Lamothe |
September 19, 1918 to November 24, 1922 |
Honourable Eugène Lafontaine |
December 22, 1922 to September 19, 1932 |
Sir J.-Mathias Tellier |
September 21, 1932 to December 31, 1942 |
Honourable Séverin Létourneau |
January 9, 1943 to December 17, 1949 |
Honourable Antonin Galipeault |
January 18, 1950 to March 1st, 1961 |
Honourable Lucien Tremblay |
March 1st, 1961 to July 1st, 1977 |
Honourable G.-Édouard Rinfret |
August 10, 1977 to May 12, 1980 |
Honourable Marcel Crête |
May 12, 1980 to March 11, 1988 |
Honourable Claude Bisson |
May 24, 1988 to October 31, 1994 |
Honourable Pierre A. Michaud |
November 15, 1994 to June 20, 2002 |
| Honourable J.J. Michel Robert |
June 25, 2002 to August 31, 2011 |
| Honourable Nicole Duval Hesler |
October 7, 2011 |
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