Pierre Dalphond
{{short description|Canadian senator from Quebec|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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| term_start = February 27, 2024
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| office1 = Senator from
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| term_start1 = June 6, 2018
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| nominator1 = Justin Trudeau
| appointed1 = Julie Payette
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| birth_place = Joliette, Quebec
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| party = Progressive Senate Group
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Pierre Dalphond (born May 1, 1954) is a Canadian lawyer and jurist who currently serves as a Canadian senator from Quebec (De Lorimier). He was appointed to the Senate on June 6, 2018.[http://www.timescolonist.com/trudeau-names-pollster-former-judge-to-senate-for-ontario-and-quebec-1.23327346 "Trudeau names pollster, former judge to Senate for Ontario and Quebec"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143553/http://www.timescolonist.com/trudeau-names-pollster-former-judge-to-senate-for-ontario-and-quebec-1.23327346 |date=2018-06-12 }}. Victoria Times-Colonist, June 6, 2018. Since 2024, he has been leader of the Progressive Senate Group.https://twitter.com/DalphondPierre/status/1757528933065544033 {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}
Early life and career
Born in Joliette, Quebec, Dalphond was educated at the University of Montreal, Dalhousie University and the University of Oxford. He served as a law clerk at the Supreme Court of Canada and worked in the Privy Council Office. He is a lawyer and mediator by training, currently working at Stikeman Elliott. He was appointed to the Superior Court of Quebec in 1995 and to the Quebec Court of Appeal in 2002. He retired from the Court of Appeal in 2014.{{Cite web|url=https://pm.gc.ca/eng/news/2018/06/06/pierre-dalphond|title = Pierre Dalphond|date = 6 June 2018}}
Senate
From his appointment, Dalphond sat as a member of the Independent Senators Group. On May 21, 2020, Dalphond joined the Progressive Senate Group. His addition to the caucus brought the PSG's caucus to nine, and restored its official status.{{Cite news|last=Tasker|first=John Paul|title=Progressive Senate Group back from the dead as another Independent defects|work=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/progressive-senate-group-pierre-dalphond-1.5578447|access-date=May 21, 2020}}
Dalphond announced his intention to oppose use of the Emergencies Act during the "Freedom Convoy" protests, suggesting that it was a violation of section 8 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which relates to "unreasonable search and seizure."{{cite news |author1=Kristy Kirkup |author2=Ian Bailey |title=Ottawa is ending the use of the Emergencies Act, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-ottawa-drops-invocation-of-the-emergencies-act-prime-minister-justin/ |access-date=23 February 2022 |work=The Globe and Mail |date=23 February 2022 |location=Toronto ON}}
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External links
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