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Michael Tulloch becomes first Black Chief Justice of Canada’s largest province
The Canadian Press | Michael Tulloch, the first Black justice to sit on a provincial appellate court in Canada, has been appointed as the new Chief Justice of Ontario.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Tulloch’s appointment early last week, calling him a highly respected member of the legal community.
Tulloch is also the first Black judge to become Chief Justice of Ontario. The former Crown attorney in the region of Peel and Toronto was first admitted to the bar in 1991 before he was appointed a judge of the Superior Court of Justice for Ontario in 2003.
He became the first Black justice to sit on a Canadian appellate court when he was elevated to the Ontario Court of Appeal in 2012.
The Jamaican-born, Osgoode Hall Law School-educated justice has led independent reviews of Ontario’s police oversight system and street check regulations.
Tulloch, who also assumes the role of President of the Court of Appeal for Ontario, replaces George R. Strathy, who retired at the end of August.