ONTARIO JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT ANNOUNCED

OTTAWA , October 21, 2005 – Irwin Cotler, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today announced the following appointment:

Robert Pelletier of Alfred is appointed a judge of the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario. He will be assigned to Cornwall by the Chief Justice.

Mr. Justice Pelletier received a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Ottawa in 1983 and was admitted to the Ontario Bar in 1985.

At the time of his appointment, Mr. Justice Pelletier was Crown Attorney for the Ministry of the Attorney General of Ontario for the United Counties of Prescott and Russell. In addition, he has served as Acting Director of Crown Operations for the East Region from 1997 until 1999.

Mr. Justice Pelletier has acted as Lead of the French Services Improvement Committee at the Ministry of the Attorney General of Ontario since 2002. He is a past member of the Ministry’s Criminal Law Division, Divisional Management Committee and the Division’s representative in the establishment of the National French Language Training Institute for prosecutors and police staff. He is a frequent lecturer at the Ontario Crown Attorney’s Association, the Provincial Court Judges Seminar and the National Prosecutors Conference. In addition, he has served as an instructor at the Bar Admission Course since 1994.

This appointment is effective immediately.

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Ref.:

François Giroux
Judicial Affairs Advisor
Office of the Minister of Justice
(613) 992-4621