Marie Deschamps
Marie Deschamps, CC is a former puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. She retired from the court on August 7, 2012. In September 2019, Deschamps was appointed as a member of the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency and was made its Chair in 2021.
Early life
Deschamps was born in Repentigny, Quebec.Education
She studied law at the Université de Montréal, graduating in 1974, and completing a Master of Law (LL.M) in 1983 at McGill.Career
Legal and judicial
She was called to the bar in 1975 and then practised civil, commercial and family law at several Quebec law firms until 1990.In April 1990, Deschamps was appointed to the Quebec Superior Court and in March 1992 to the Quebec Court of Appeal. She was promoted to the Supreme Court of Canada in September 2002, at the age of 49, as the 75th judge appointed to the Supreme Court. She retired from the court on August 7, 2012.
On October 2, 2012, Prime Minister Stephen Harper nominated Richard Wagner to the Supreme Court of Canada to replace her.
In 2014, the Government of Canada named Justice Deschamps to conduct an external review into sexual assault in the Canadian Forces. The report was published on March 27, 2015.