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Beverley McLachlin

Judge · Politician

Beverley McLachlin is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Beverley McLachlin · Беверли Маклаклин · بيڤيرلى مكلاتشلين · بیورلی مکلاکلین · 贝弗利·麦克拉克林				[sources]
Alias	B M McLachlin · B. M. McLachlin · Beverley Gietz · Beverley Marian McLachlin · Маклаклин Беверли · 1 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	比華利·麥樂蓮				[sources]
Birth date	1943-09-07				[sources]
Place of birth	Pincher Creek				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Canada				[sources]
Citizenship	Canada				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Beverley · Marian				[sources]
Last name	McLachlin				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q460136				[sources]
Position	Chief Justice of Canada · justice of the Supreme Court of Canada				[sources]
Education	University of Alberta · University of Alberta Faculty of Law				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-01	Last processed	2025-12-01	First seen	2023-09-27

Descriptions

17th Chief Justice of Canada

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-09-28

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Frank E. McArdle Close Associate	spouse	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Chief Justice of Canada	2000-01-07	2017-12-15

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories198,585

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Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,105

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,628

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