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List of JCPC judges — Canadian constitutional cases is a list of the judges of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council who gave judgments in Canadian constitutional law cases between 1873 and 1959. From Confederation in 1867 until 1949, the Judicial Committee was the final court of appeal for Canada, as part of the British Empire.[a] The Parliament of Canada abolished the right of appeal in 1949, although cases which were begun before that date could still be appealed to the Judicial Committee.[b] The decisions of the Judicial Committee had a substantial influence on Canadian constitutional law, particularly in the area of the division of powers between the federal and provincial governments.[c]

The following list of cases is based on the three volume set of Judicial Committee decisions on constitutional law prepared and published by the federal Department of Justice following the abolition of appeals.[d] The list includes some additional cases which deal with constitutional issues but which were not in that collection. Unless otherwise specified, references are to sections of the Constitution Act, 1867 (formerly known as the British North America Act, 1867).

Judge No. of
Cases 		Year Cases Constitutional Issue
Collier, Sir Robert 1 1873 R v Coote Provincial power to order compulsory inquiries[1]
Colvile, Sir James W.
2
 1875 Dow v Black Provincial taxation power (s. 92(2)); federal railway jurisdiction (s. 92(10)(a))[2]
1880 Bourgoin v La Compagnie du Chemin de Fer de Montréal, Ottawa & Occidental, and Ross Federal railway jurisdiction (s. 92(10)(c)); provincial railway jurisdiction (s. 92(10))[3]
Hannen, Sir James 1 1881 The Queen v Belleau Federal government liability for pre-Confederation debts (s. 111); need for statutory authority for expenditure of public funds[4]
James, Lord Justice 1 1874 Maher v Town Council of Portland Constitutional guarantees for denominational schools (s. 93)[5]
Jessel, Sir George, Master of the Rolls 1 1878 Attorney General for Quebec v. Queen Insurance Company Provincial taxation power (s. 92(2)); provincial licence power (s. 92(9))[6]
Phillimore, Sir Robert
1
1874
 Brown v Les Curé et Marguilliers de l'Œuvre et Fabrique de Notre Dame de Montréal (Guibord case) Jurisdiction of civil courts to determine questions of canon law, and to interpret civil contracts with a canon law component[7]
Selborne, Lord
3
 1874 L'Union St Jacques de Montreal v Bélisle Provincial power to legislate changes to pensions (s. 92(16)); federal insolvency jurisdiction (s. 91(21))[8]
1879 Valin v Langlois Federal jurisdiction over federal elections (s. 41); federal power to assign jurisdiction to provincial courts; nature of the superior courts (s. 92(14))[9]
1883 Attorney General of Ontario v Mercer Escheated lands belong to the provincial governments (s. 109)[10]
Smith, Sir Montague E.
3
 1880 Cushing v Dupuy Federal insolvency jurisdiction (s. 91(21)); provincial jurisdiction over property and civil rights (s. 92(13)) and administration of justice (s. 92(14)); appeals under royal prerogative[11]
1881 Citizens Insurance Co of Canada v Parsons Federal trade and commerce jurisdiction (s. 91(2)); provincial jurisdiction over property and civil rights (s. 92(13)); provincial power to regulate insurance industry[12]
1882 Russell v The Queen Federal "peace, order and good government" power (s. 91); federal alcohol control legislation[13]
Watson, Lord 1 1882 Dobie v Temporalities Board Jurisdiction to amend pre-Confederation statutes (s. 129); only the federal Parliament can amend pre-Confederation statute creating a corporation that operated throughout the Province of Canada; not a matter of property and civil rights within one province (s. 92(13))[14]

See also[edit]

List of Canadian appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ James G. Snell and Frederick Vaughan, The Supreme Court of Canada: History of the Institution (Toronto: Osgoode Society, 1985), pp. 4–9, 42.
  2. ^ An Act to amend the Supreme Court Act, SC 1949, c. 37, ss. 3, 7.
  3. ^ Catharine MacMillan, "Canadian Cases before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council", Judicial Committee of the Privy Council Case papers, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London (last updated April 27, 2024).
  4. ^ Richard A. Olmsted, Q.C. (ed.), Decisions of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council relating to the British North America Act, 1867 and the Canadian Constitution, 1867–1954 (Ottawa: Queen's Printer and Controller of Stationery, 1954).

References[edit]

  1. ^ R v Coote, [1873] UKPC 26, LR 4 PC 599.
  2. ^ Dow v Black, [1875] UKPC 17, 6 App. Cas. 272 (PC).
  3. ^ Bourgoin v La Compagnie du Chemin de Fer de Montréal, Ottawa & Occidental, and Ross, [1880] UKPC 8, 5 App Cas 381.
  4. ^ The Queen v Belleau, [1882] UKPC 31, 7 App Cas 473, 7 SCR 53, at 205.
  5. ^ Maher v. Town Council of Portland, [1874] UKPC 83.
  6. ^ Attorney General for Quebec v. Queen Insurance Company, [1878] UKPC 33, 3 App. Cas. 1090.
  7. ^ Brown v Les Curé et Marguilliers de l'Œuvre et Fabrique de Notre Dame de Montréal (Guibord case), [1874] UKPC 70, LR 6 PC 157.
  8. ^ L'Union St Jacques de Montreal v Bélisle, [1874] UKPC 53, 6 App. Cas. 31.
  9. ^ Valin v Langlois, [1879] UKPC 68, 5 App. Cas. 115.
  10. ^ Attorney General of Ontario v Mercer, [1883] UKPC 42, 8 App. Cas. 767 (PC).
  11. ^ Cushing v Dupuy, [1880] UKPC 22, 5 App. Cas 409.
  12. ^ Citizens Insurance Co of Canada v Parsons, [1881] UKPC 49, 7 App Cas 96.
  13. ^ Russell v The Queen, [1882] UKPC 33, [1882] 7 App. Cas. 829.
  14. ^ Dobie v The Temporalities Board, [1882] UKPC 4, 7 App. Cas. 136.
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