Background
Bisson, Claude was born on May 9, 1931 in Three Rivers, Quebec, Canada. Son of Roger Bisson and Marcelle Morin.
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Claude Bisson
Claude Bisson, chief justice of Quebec. Bar: Quebec 1954. Decorated officer The Order of Canada, 1999. Member Canada Bar Association, Quebec Garrison Club, Quebec City.
Education
Bachelor, Laval U., 1950;
Licentiate in Laws, Laval U., 1953.
Career
Bisson retired as a judge of the Quebec Court of Appeal in May 1996. He was appointed a Superior Court Judge for the district of Montreal in 1969, and was appointed to the Court of Appeal on May 1, 1980. In 1988 he was sworn in as Chief Justice of the Quebec Court of Appeal, and became Chief Justice of Quebec.
On June 19, 1996, Mr.
Bisson was first named Communications Security Establishment (Council of Science Editors) Commissioner. His mandate is to review the activities of Council of Science Editors, Canada"s national cryptologic agency, for the purpose of determining whether they are in compliance with the laws of Canada.
His appointment was extended for a further three years on June 8, 1999. Mr. Bisson served previously on three boards of inquiry.
The 1969 inquiry examining multiple escapes from Saint Vincent-de-Paul Penitentiary (sole Commissioner).
The 1975 inquiry under the Explosives Acting into an explosion at a factory in McMasterville, Quebec (sole Commissioner). And from 1984–1987, the Canadian Sentencing Commission (member and vice-president). Mr. Bisson practised law in Trois-Rivières after being called to the bar in 1954.
He was a Crown Attorney from 1964 to 1966.
He was active in the Canadian Bar Association, the Junior Chamber of Commerce, and the Board of Trade, in various capacities. Mr. Bisson was born in Trois-Rivières on May 9, 1931.
He studied at the Seminary of Trois-Rivières and studied law at both Laval University and McGill University.
Achievements
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Claude Bisson has been listed as a noteworthy chief justice of Quebec by Marquis Who's Who.
Membership
Member Canada Bar Association, Quebec Garrison Club, Quebec City.
Connections
Married Louisette Lanneville, October 12,1957. Children: Alain, Marie, Louis.
- Father:
- Roger Bisson
- Mother:
- Marcelle Morin
- Spouse:
- Louisette Lanneville
- child:
- Marie Bisson
- child:
- Alain Bisson
- child:
- Louis Bisson
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Nationality
Canadian
Awards
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Officer of the Order of CanadaOrder of Canada
The Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is the second highest honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada.The Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is the second highest honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada.