Thibaudeau Rinfret - Definition and Overview

The Right Honourable Thibaudeau Rinfret (June 22 1879 - July 25 1962) was a Canadian jurist and Chief Justice of Canada. Rinfret studied law at Laval University and McGill University and was called to the Quebec bar in 1901. He was appointed to Quebec's Superior Court in 1922 and to the Supreme Court of Canada in 1924.

Rinfret became Chief Justice on January 8 1944 and served until his retirement on June 22 1954. During his term as Chief Justice, Canada ended appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council making the Supreme Court of Canada the final court of appeal in Canadian jurisprudence.