Constance Glube
Lawyer, first female Chief Justice of Nova Scotia
Constance Rachelle Glube (November 23, 1931 – February 15, 2016) was the 21st Chief Justice of Nova Scotia and first female provincial chief justice in Canada.
Early life
Born Constance Lepofsky in Ottawa, she was the daughter of the late Samuel (1894–1956) and Pearl (Slonensky) Lepofsky (1900–1986). Glube attended McGill University and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1952. In 1955, she graduated from Dalhousie Law School and was called to the bar in 1956.
Judicial career
In 1982, she was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia. In 1998 she was appointed Chief Justice of the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal, which included the title of Chief Justice of Nova Scotia. Glube retired effective December 31, 2004, and was replaced by J. Michael MacDonald.
One of the higher profile cases she heard, was for an injunction to halt the Richard Inquiry into the Westray Mine disaster. She ruled, on November 13, 1992, that the Inquiry was unconstitutional, because she viewed it as a criminal investigation that would force deponents to incriminate themselves. This was the first time in Canada a public inquiry was halted before any witnesses were heard.
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