Name Guy Richard | Role Justice | |
Guy A. Richard, QC ONB was born in Sainte-Anne of Kent (NB) in June 1932. He served as the Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench of New Brunswick from 1982 to 1994.
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Personal life
Guy A. Richard was born in Sainte-Anne of Kent on June 1932. He was the son of the Honourable André F. Richard, who served as a MLA in the New Brunswick legislature. Guy A. Richard married Germaine Theriault. They had 5 children, Andre G. Richard Q.C., the Honourable Justice Jolene Richard, Denis Richard, Martine Richard, and Dr. Carole Richard.
Career
After a distinguished legal career in Bouctouche from 1958 to 1971, he was appointed to the bench, serving the Northwest counties of the province. In 1976, he was appointed to the Court of Queen’s Bench and in 1979, was promoted to serve as a justice of the New Brunswick Court of Appeal. In 1982, Mr. Richard was named Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench of New Brunswick and served the people of his province in that role until his retirement in 1994. He did not really retire, but continued to serve as an adjudicator, notably as mediator in the strike between Canada Post Corporation and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers in 1998. He also served with fellow Order of New Brunswick inductee Roger Augustine as mediator during the dispute between non-Aboriginal and Aboriginal fishers at Burnt Church in 2003. In 2004, Mr. Richard was appointed Chair of the Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission of New Brunswick and officially retired from judicial duties in the summer of 2007. Guy Richard has also been committed to the education of young, especially young francophone, New Brunswickers. In 1987, the University of Moncton offered him an honorary doctorate degree for his lifelong achievements and in 2001, he led a committee on the future of the Université de Moncton, helping the university set its future course as a comprehensive, francophone institution of higher learning and research.