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Nicole Duval Hesler (born April 8, 1945) is the first woman chief justice of
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. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts from
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in 1964. Duval Hesler was admitted to the Quebec
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in 1968, appointed to the
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in 1992 and appointed to the
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in 2006. On October 7, 2011,
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named Duval Hesler the chief justice of the Court of Appeal. Hesler retired on April 8, 2020.


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