Ivan Rand
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Ivan Cleveland Rand (April 27, 1884 – January 2, 1969) was a Canadian lawyer, politician, academic, and Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.
Born in Moncton, New Brunswick, the son of Nelson Rand and Minnie Turner, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Mount Allison University in 1909. In 1912, he received a Bachelor of Law degree from Harvard Law School. He was called to the bar of New Brunswick in 1912. From 1912 to 1920, he practiced law in Medicine Hat, Alberta. Returning back to Moncton in 1920, he joined the Canadian National Railways as a counsel.
In 1924, he was named Attorney General of New Brunswick and was a member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from February to June 1925.
On April 22, 1943, he was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada. In 1945, he developed the Rand formula. In 1947, he was Canada's representative on the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP). He retired on April 27, 1959.
From 1959 to 1964, he was the first Dean of the law school of the University of Western Ontario. In 1966, he chaired a Royal Commission into allegations of improper stock trading against Supreme Court of Ontario justice Leo Landreville.
In 1969, he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.
He received Honorary degrees from Mount Allison University, the University of New Brunswick, Dalhousie University, Queen's University, the University of Toronto, the University of Western Ontario and Columbia University.
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| Preceded by: Oswald Smith Crocket |
Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada April 22, 1943 – April 27, 1959 |
Succeeded by: Roland Ritchie |
| The Duff court (1933–1944) | |||
| March 1933 - December 1933: T. Rinfret | J. Lamont | R. Smith | L. Cannon | O. Crocket | F. Hughes | |||
| December 1933 - 1935: T. Rinfret | J. Lamont | L. Cannon | O. Crocket | F. Hughes | |||
| 1935-1936: T. Rinfret | J. Lamont | L. Cannon | O. Crocket | H. Davis | P. Kerwin | |||
| 1936-1940: T. Rinfret | L. Cannon | O. Crocket | H. Davis | P. Kerwin | A. Hudson | |||
| 1940-1943: T. Rinfret | O. Crocket | H. Davis | P. Kerwin | A. Hudson | R. Taschereau | |||
| 1943-1944: T. Rinfret | H. Davis | P. Kerwin | A. Hudson | R. Taschereau | I. Rand | |||
| The Rinfret court (1944–1954) | |||
| January 1944 - June 1944: H. Davis | P. Kerwin | A. Hudson | R. Taschereau | I. Rand | |||
| October 1944 - 1947: P. Kerwin | A. Hudson | R. Taschereau | I. Rand | R. Kellock | J. Estey | |||
| 1947-1949: P. Kerwin | R. Taschereau | I. Rand | R. Kellock | J. Estey | C. Locke | |||
| 1949-1954: P. Kerwin | R. Taschereau | I. Rand | R. Kellock | J. Estey | C. Locke | J. Cartwright | G. Fauteux | |||
| The Kerwin court (1954–1963) | |||
| 1954-1956: R. Taschereau | I. Rand | R. Kellock | J. Estey | C. Locke | J. Cartwright | G. Fauteux | D. Abbott | |||
| 1956-1957: R. Taschereau | I. Rand | R. Kellock | C. Locke | J. Cartwright | G. Fauteux | D. Abbott | H. Nolan | |||
| 1958-1959: R. Taschereau | I. Rand | C. Locke | J. Cartwright | G. Fauteux | D. Abbott | R. Martland | W. Judson | |||
| 1959-1962: R. Taschereau | C. Locke | J. Cartwright | G. Fauteux | D. Abbott | R. Martland | W. Judson | R. Ritchie | |||
| 1962-1963: R. Taschereau | J. Cartwright | G. Fauteux | D. Abbott | R. Martland | W. Judson | R. Ritchie | E.M. Hall | |||
