This day in the history of the Supreme Court of Canada and in
the legal history of Canada The Honourable Louis-Philippe
Brodeur is appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada as a puisne
judge. A former member of Parliament and Speaker of the House of
Commons, Justice Brodeur, while Minister of Naval Service,
introduced the bill creating the Canadian navy in 1910. Viscount
Byng of Vimy is sworn in as Canada's 12th Governor General.